Octavio Paz Quotes
The beloved is already in our being, as thirst and "otherness." Being is eroticism. Inspiration is that strange.
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The thing about inspiration is that it takes your mind off everything else.
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I don't plan on being bashful.
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If you love attention and have a pretty decent voice, that's a pretty good combination.
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I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.
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Being in water makes me relax instantly.
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I think freedom for Palestine could be an incredible source of hope to people struggling all over the world. I think it could also be an incredible inspiration to Arab people in the Middle East, who are struggling under undemocratic regimes which the U.S. supports.
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Really hairy backs on men turn me off. I'm not into the ape thing at all. Or beer bellies and flabby arms, either. Also, one random nose hair which is longer than the others... that's gross.
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Most inspiration still comes from bicycling around San Francisco. This city never fails to inspire me. It is one of the most vibrant cities - especially visually - with a constant influx of young energy arriving daily. I love it.
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Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary.
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I realise I have inadvertently become a source of inspiration and hope for people in India simply by the fact that I grew up there, went to my local university, but could go on to do well internationally.
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I try to beat back the producers and engineers so they - there's not an excess of stuff used to squeeze my voice to make it artificial. There's a person in there, and people will listen; if they hear another person speak to them, they'll listen because it's lonely out here.
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I don't look like Brad Pitt or Tom Cruise. When you put me on the screen, the women don't want to make love to me, and the men don't want to be me.
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I'm nearly 50. I'm past being photographed falling out of bars.
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Me being able to beat up Austin Powers? I mean, how great can that be?
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I think Robert Plant is the quintessential frontman - just the way he moves. His voice is superhuman.
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If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today.
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My voice hasn't changed really very much. I still do all my songs when I perform live and still do them in the original keys. I've been blessed with that ability to retain that.
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Being a gentleman is a worthy goal.
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You can draw inspiration from anything. If you're a good storyteller, you can take a dirty look somebody gives you, or if a guy you used to have flirtations with starts dating a new girl, or somebody you're casually talking to says something that makes you so mad - you can create an entire scenario around that.
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Donald Trump said that even though he wants to repeal and replace ObamaCare, he might want to preserve some parts.
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I love working with the Farrelly brothers. I'm a big fan and feel very lucky to have gotten to work with them a few times. One thing that I learned while working with them is that you have to keep your cell phone off when filming scenes, or you owe them a lot of money!
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Something like a quarter of the founders that have gone through Excelerate and Techstars are women. I'm incredibly proud of that.
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The beloved is already in our being, as thirst and "otherness." Being is eroticism. Inspiration is that strange.
