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All women have a perception much more developed than men. So all women somehow, being repressed for so many millennia, they ended up by developing this sixth sense and contemplation and love. And this is something that we have a hard time to accept as part of our society. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

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I say that I represent this movement because my intellectual allegiances are clearly European, not African. ↗

— J. M. Coetzee

#because #clearly #european #i #intellectual

Often the presence of mind and energy of a person remote from the spotlight decide the course of history for centuries to come. ↗

— Stefan Zweig

#come #course #decide #energy #history

There is no sense to a sacrifice after you come to feel that it is a sacrifice. ↗

— Stefan Zweig

#come #feel #sacrifice #sense #you

In my experience, men are not necessarily less sensitive or compassionate than women are, and women are not necessarily any less aggressive or competitive than men are - as a matter of fact, often they are more so! ↗

— Andrew Cohen

#any #compassionate #competitive #experience #fact

In dreams the truth is learned that all good works are done in the absence of a caress. ↗

— Leonard Cohen

#caress #done #dreams #good #good works

The gift that has been given to me says much about our capacity for great compassion and generosity, and I hope it sends an inspiring message to others about the importance of organ donation. ↗

— Steven Cojocaru

#been #capacity #compassion #donation #generosity

I speak of a clinical depression that is the background of your entire life, a background of anguish and anxiety, a sense that nothing goes well, that pleasure is unavailable and all your strategies collapse. ↗

— Leonard Cohen

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My sense of proprietorship has been so weak that actually I didn't pay attention and I lost the copyrights on a lot of the songs. ↗

— Leonard Cohen

#attention #been #i #lost #lot

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

— Leonard Cohen

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