Octavio Paz Quotes
I don't believe that there are dangerous writers: the danger of certain books is not in the books themselves but in the passions of their readers.
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I want to break down some of the stigma associated with mental illness.
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Through love one acquires renunciation and discrimination naturally.
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Palestinian propagandists can say and do anything they please without concern for the truth, in the belief that if they repeat it often enough it will simply become the truth.
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I think watching Channing Tatum caress his Lego Oscar statue will be something I won't forget. Even if I try.
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Palestinian terrorism has to be rejected and condemned, yes. But it should not be translated defacto into a policy of support for a really increasingly brutal repression, colonial settlements and a new wall.
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My most joy that I have is dancing.
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In your darkest moments of despair, a friend's hand on yours will get you through the worst.
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Rarely do you walk down the street doing anything that my grandparent's generation did. And half of that comes with the technology advances.
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I like to know that when I'm 90 years old, I'm going to be able to look at a song or poem I wrote and say, 'Wow! I remember I was so crazy about this person,' or 'I remember what that day felt like.'
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I could never sit down and say: I'm going to do an out-and-out comedy, just to prove to people I can. You've just got to do what you do. Just listen to your soul and do your art and do it for the right reasons, and then you can't fail.
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Being a public company is really terrible for most companies. I'd say Facebook and Google have done a pretty good job of standing up to the incredible quarterly pressure to hit numbers, but most companies - and I've observed a lot now - don't do a very good job of that.
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I'd always wanted to write books ever since I was a kid.
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The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be nice to everyone and always smile.
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Notting Hill is a very different carnival from anywhere else. This is an international city, so it represents everybody. You walk around every corner here, you'll hear something new. It's awesome.
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'Getting smart on crime' does not mean reducing sentences or punishments for crimes.
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I like Louis C.K., Chris Rock. Old schools like Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy.
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I've always felt a little misrepresented in the world.
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In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order.
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I firmly believe that we have more latent musical talent in America than there is in any other country. But to dig it out there must be good music throughout the land, a lot of it. Everyone must hear it, and such a process takes time.
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One of Museveni's defining early pronouncements was his diagnosis of Africa's problem. Africa's problem, he would say, was leaders who did not want to leave power.
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I used to work at a puppy nursery.
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I continue to believe that Mr. Trump will not be president. And the reason is because I have a lot of faith in the American people.
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I'm a very slow reader.
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I don't believe that there are dangerous writers: the danger of certain books is not in the books themselves but in the passions of their readers.
