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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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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I gather inspiration from all aspects of my life and things I see: love, heartache, mistakes, hopes, regrets, successes and faith. And it helps to have a wild imagination.
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Having my animals or my children with me exorcises that feeling of not being wanted.
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I wanted to write about relationships. But I didn't feel I had the experience to sing about them in a deep way. Studying psychology helped me out in terms of my understanding. I still look through my old textbooks when I'm in need of inspiration.
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Vastness! and Age! and Memories of Eld!Silence! and Desolation! and dim Night!I feel ye now - I feel ye in your strength.
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Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young.
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Second guesses in putting are fatal.
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The beloved is already in our being, as thirst and "otherness." Being is eroticism. Inspiration is that strange.
