Octavio Paz Quotes
Tradition is no longer a continuity but a series of sharp breaks. The modern tradition is the tradition of revolt.
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I love Rag & Bone, Dior, and Valentino; I like feminine, sexy things. Dolce & Gabbana and Chanel, too.
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That is what fame is, isn't it? To get the world to fall in love with you.
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My parents didn't agree with what was going on, you know, with the communists coming in, Fidel Castro. I didn't see the reason why I needed to go back there and be a part of that exhibition.
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I wanna create a character that's really memorable... like Julia Roberts did in 'Pretty Woman.'
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If we are to change our world view, images have to change. The artist now has a very important job to do. He's not a little peripheral figure entertaining rich people, he's really needed.
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There were sometimes from forty to sixty English machines, but unfortunately the Germans were often in the minority. With them quality was more important than quantity.
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We must think differently, look at things in a different way. Peace requires a world of new concepts, new definitions.
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When I'm at home, I want to be a normal person. I don't want to hear, 'Can I have your autograph?'
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For me, one of the privileges of being a writer is to poke your nose around and learn about worlds you don't know.
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For the bureaucrat, the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him.
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I'd call my music rock but with pop hooks.
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I tried martial arts classes for three weeks, but I quit because you actually get hit. I just want to do the movie kind of martial arts.
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A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.
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Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.
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I think landscape photography in general is somewhat undervalued.
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Any good attacker will always beat a defender who's face-marking you.
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The Web is the new way to figure out who's hot and what's not. You can't let TV dictate because it's so polished, so political. It is what they want you to know. The Internet is the raw.
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We're so busy broadcasting our latest cultural disdain that we scantly notice anything we enjoy. 'Oh man, this Rebecca Black kid is terrible! Let's laugh at her!' has become more culturally relevant than, 'I really love this new Bilal record.'
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My grandmother had many children. She lost most. So when we came along, we were really special. I was the first grandchild that could see her spirit moving to a new generation.
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Good teams focus on the task at hand. They don't care what's happened the last 13 days, they worry about today and they worry about getting better. That's what good teams do.
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And then there is that one-man movement, Marcel Duchamp for me a truly modern movement because it implies that each artist can do what he thinks he ought to a movement for each person and open for everybody.
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The United States of America is still run by its citizens. The government works for us. Rank imperialism and warmongering are not American traditions or values. We do not need to dominate the world. We want and need to work with other nations. We want to find solutions other than killing people. Not in our name, not with our money, not with our children's blood.
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Tradition is no longer a continuity but a series of sharp breaks. The modern tradition is the tradition of revolt.
