Octavio Paz Quotes
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I live on the same street as my family, actually. I live across the road. I'm a real family person!
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Millions of American families affected by debilitating diseases have new hope today after the U.S. House passed legislation to support potentially life-saving stem cell research.
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In the future, I want to have super-fights.
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I write 'by the seat of my pants.' I love to do research. I am inspired by contemporary writers and contemporary events. I live in the real world.
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The words of truth are always paradoxical.
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Shakespeare doesn't really write subtext, you play the subtext.
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Television offered me the opportunity to do new things; I had written a lot of scripts other than scary movies. I had actually written some romantic comedies and stuff that I really wanted to try my hand at, and nobody would let me do that. Television allowed me to do anything I wanted.
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The good news is when you open up in Vegas, you have a lot of friends, because they all come over to see your opening night.
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My husband and I have season tickets to the Giants games, and we go there as fans to enjoy it.
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Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
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I love music.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.
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'SNL' doesn't have a traditional writer's room. On Monday, there's the pitch meeting with the guest, and I played that like it was stand-up.
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Being in the spotlight, you know, you tend to kind of forget who you are. And being an artist... it could be a very superficial job. It could be very pretentious as well.
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I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be.
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The offseason is when you try to gain strength. You have 162 games during the year, so you've got to pick and choose the times work out.
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The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest.
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So I guess I'll remain the same. Sittin' here restin' my bones. Wish this loneliness would leave me alone. For 2,000 miles I roamedJust to make this dock my home. Sittin' on the dock of the bay, Watchin' the tide roll away. Sittin' on the dock of the bay, Wastin' time.
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The only difference between Bush and Hitler is that Hitler was elected.
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Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence.
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It is time to celebrate the New Black Americans - those who have sealed the Deal, who aren't beholden to liberal indulgence any more than they are to the disdain of the hard Right. It is time to praise blacks who are merely undeniable in their individuality and exemplary in their levels of achievement.
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France, after the month of May, will share trust with the current leadership of the United States which, on many subjects, has tended to take useful positions in our view.
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No one is alone, and each change here brings about another change there.
