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Do not be a magician - be magic!

Leonard Cohen

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Leonard Cohen
Age: 82 †
Born: 1934
Born: September 21
Died: 2016
Died: November 7
Film Actor
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Novelist
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Leonard Norman Cohen
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You win a while, and then it’s done - Your little winning streak.
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We all need that experience of forgetting who you are. Forgetting who you are is such a delicious experience and so frightening that we're in this conflicted predicament.
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As our eyes grow accustomed to sight they armour themselves against wonder.
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One is given to self-dramatization from time to time. I intend to live forever.
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Yes, you who must leave everything that you cannot control, It begins with your family, and soon it comes round to your soul. Well I've been where you're hanging, I think I can see how you're pinned: When you're not feeling holy your loneliness says that you've sinned.
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Love is a fire/It burns everyone/It disfigures everyone/It is the world's excuse for being ugly.
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I don't think you can write novels on the road. You need a certain stability.
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The dreamers ride against the men of action. Oh see the men of action falling back.
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