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Sail on, sail on, o' might Ship of State. To the shores of need, past the reefs of greed, through the squalls of hate. Sail on, sail on, sail on.
Leonard Cohen
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Leonard Cohen
Age: 82 †
Born: 1934
Born: September 21
Died: 2016
Died: November 7
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Leonard Norman Cohen
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I bargain now. I offer buttons for his love.
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When you stop thinking about yourself all the time, a certain sense of repose overtakes you.
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Most of our distractions are designed to invite us away from this recognition, which is a good idea.
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even damnation is poisoned with rainbows.
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