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There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in.

~Leonard Cohen

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This world is full of conflicts and full of things that cannot be reconciled. But there are moments when we can... reconcile and embrace the whole mess, and that's what I mean by 'Hallelujah.'

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When things get really bad, just raise your glass and stamp your feet and do a little jig. That's about all you can do.

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Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of triumph; killing will be defamed. Let priests secretly despair of faith: their compassion will be true.

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Act the way you'd like to be and soon you'll be the way you act.

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When you stop thinking about yourself all the time, a certain sense of repose overtakes you.

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I had a very messianic childhood.

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I like life on the road. It's a lot easier than civilian life. You kind of feel like you're in a motorcycle gang.

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The older I get, the surer I am that I'm not running the show.

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A woman watches her body uneasily, as though it were an unreliable ally in the battle for love.

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Musician

Born: September 21st, 1934

Died: November 7th, 2016

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