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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Where you have the most armed citizens in America, you have the lowest violent crime rate. Where you have the worst gun control, you have the highest crime rate.
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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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In the past, the West had tried to export one formula of democracy which should fit to the rest of the world, and they discovered that this doesn't work.
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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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I thought 'Cabin in the Woods' was really incredible.
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That is our first amendment, freedom of speech. But I also believe that we have an obligation to the youth to be somewhat responsible in what we say on records. But I think that comes with age. I think that comes with artists growing up and becoming assured of who they are as people.
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There is no reason to believe that in the face of statutory ambiguity, the meaning of federal law should be settled by the inclinations and predispositions of federal judges. The outcome should instead depend on the commitments and beliefs of the President and those who operate under him.
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I'd always thought that if I could get sober and stay sober, I would be able to have a career making music. My drug and alcohol addiction was the one thing holding me back. I had finally gotten the tools to stay sober, and it was just a matter of writing the songs.
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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.
