"Raise a million filters and the rain will……" — Leonard Cohen
"Raise a million filters and the rain will not be clean, until the longing for it be refined in deep confession."
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253 Quotes by Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen has 253 quotes on this site.
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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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I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain.…
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In dreams the truth is learned that all good works are done in the absence of a caress.
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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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When things get really bad, just raise your glass and stamp your feet and do a little jig. That's about…
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We're in a world where there's famine and hunger and people are dodging bullets and having their nails pulled out…
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We're always experiencing joy or sadness. But there are lots of people who've closed down. And there are times in…
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Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of triumph; killing will…
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Well, for one thing, in the tradition of Zen that I've practiced, there is no prayerful worship and there is…
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I speak of a clinical depression that is the background of your entire life, a background of anguish and anxiety,…
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I always considered myself a minor writer. My province is small, and I try to explore it very, very thoroughly.
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More Clean Quotes
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I hate being clean-shaven. My daughter gets very upset if I shave and says, 'Bring back the spikes, Dad.'
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Living in Cambridge, with nature and everything, it's so clean.
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Scientists will eventually stop flailing around with solar power and focus their efforts on harnessing the only truly unlimited source…
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Unlike 'real relationships', 'virtual relationships' are easy to enter and to exit. They look smart and clean, feel easy to…
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We run around so much - with the best intentions: I want to save the rain forest. I've gotta clean…
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I don't think it's too hippie to want to clean up the planet so you don't wind up dying of…
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When a country wants television more than they want clean water, they've lost their grip.
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I do think one should have clean feet.
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If you really believe that you're making a difference and that you can leave a legacy of better schools and…
— Michael Bloomberg
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Do you know what you call those who use towels and never wash them, eat meals and never do the…
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First time he kissed me, he but only kissed The fingers of this hand wherewith I write; And, ever since,…
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Show me a man who lives alone and has a perpetually clean kitchen, and 8 times out of 9 I'll…
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