Octavio Paz Quotes
Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game.
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If this be treason, make the most of it!
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Horrible things happen when you run out of other people's money, and life and work becomes a burden when there is no reward for your effort.
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Prog didn't really go away. Just took a catnap in the late Seventies. A new generation of fans discovered it, and a whole new array of bands and solo artists took it on into the new millennium.
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The only way to defeat evil is by taking advantage of our freedoms.
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You know, we're really destroying ourselves because we're really making the motivating force of anything we do selfish.
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It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger.
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Even as our economy starts to pick up, and new jobs are created, there is a risk that young people in Britain won't get the chances they deserve because businesses will continue to look elsewhere.
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Only a few good leaders have paused to reflect seriously on being leaders.
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There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows himself best able to perform.
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When George W. Bush entered office, the national debt was $5 trillion. When he left, it was $10 trillion. I think the administration spent too much money.
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I am a self-critical perfectionist.
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Singing and dancing is not just for the cast of 'Glee'. We can wake up doing both and have it be a natural expression of who we are.
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I have a Rhodesian Ridgeback dog named Lola.
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Fair treatment of human beings and animals in many different realms strikes a chord with me.
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When I first got to L.A., I thought every person in a limo was a star.
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Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.
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It's every boy's dream to play a superhero.
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The secret of being a great actor is a love of food.
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But then acting is all about faking. We're all very good at faking things that we have no competence with.
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The making of a whole person and the creation of true individuals can only happen by singing and dancing and making art.
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The language of salesmanship was no doubt born with the first fashions in fig leaves in the garden of Eden. A strange concept has grown around it: if something is to be sold, inaccuracy is not immoral. Hence the art of advertisement - untruthfulness combined with repetition.
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Humor is such a wonderful thing, helping you realize what a fool you are but how beautiful that is at the same time.
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Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game.
