Octavio Paz Quotes
The American: a titan enamored of progress, a fanatical giant who worships "getting things done" but never asks himself what he is doing nor why he is doing it.
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Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it.
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I spend my life essentially alone at a computer. That doesn't change. I have the same challenges every day.
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I have run two Olympic 'A' standard times over the past 12 months and with the time I ran at the African Championships last week I know my speed and fitness are constantly improving so that I will peak in time for the Olympics.
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I think the next set of media companies are going to be created on the web and that YouTube is going to be a big part of that.
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You haven't partied until you've partied at dawn in complete silence with Buddhist monks.
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Why do you think so many actors are only half-developed people? It's very easy when you're a young actor to have these intense, explosive friendships for short periods of time, because you can control what's shown of you. Then you go on to your next job and reinvent yourself again. I think it's important to find something constant.
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I don't do anything political on Sundays.
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I was actually pretty shy in school. My defense mechanism was to be the class clown. I remember getting into a lot of trouble for being disruptive, and I was brought in front of the headteacher, who said: 'What's going to happen to you; what are you going to do when you grow up?' and I said: 'Well, I'm obviously going to be a comedian.'
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To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill.
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These movies are like my kids. I just love them to death. Some of them go to Harvard and some of them can barely graduate high school.
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To be under occupation, to be under siege, is not a good inspiration for poetry.
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Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid.
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I was writing a lot even as a kid.
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I'm a very simple man. You've got to have, like, a computer nowadays to turn the TV on and off... and the nightmare continues.
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I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.
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The laws of the marketplace are physical laws, and they don't become suspended in a crisis any more than the law of gravity does.
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I have my life on a track that I want it on, and I don't want to get off.
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Cynicism, I contend, is the wailing of someone who believes that things are, or should be, or could be, much, much better than they are.
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When I'm depressed, I definitely comfort eat, but I also eat when I'm happy. The only time I don't eat is if I am terribly nervous.
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As an individual, I think you have to find your own path. I like the simplicity and purity of Hinduism and many elements of Buddhism. These are all means of accessing spiritual energy.
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There are certain things I learned when I first started learning about acting, to try and place the character physically and emotionally. And the way you place them emotionally is often with humor.
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I actually don't trust anyone who tells me they don't like New York.
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My mom and dad got divorced when I was very young, and growing up in a family where the head of the household wasn't a man made a big difference.
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The American: a titan enamored of progress, a fanatical giant who worships "getting things done" but never asks himself what he is doing nor why he is doing it.
