Octavio Paz Quotes
Revolt is the violence of an entire people; rebellion the unruliness of an individual or an uprising by a minority; both are spontaneous and blind. Revolution is both planned and spontaneous, a science and an art.
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Claiming to 'fight for small business' is often used as a political tool in Washington D.C., but it is actually the policies behind that battle cry that small firms care about.
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For his own vindictive purposes, Jeffrey Sterling carelessly disclosed extremely valuable, highly classified information that he had taken an oath to keep secret.
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Genius goes around the world in its youth incessantly apologizing for having large feet. What wonder that later in life it should be inclined to raise those feet too swiftly to fools and bores.
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He said, 'From then on, I realized that I was not just abandoned. I was chosen. I was special.' And I think that's the key to understanding Steve Jobs.
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There's a long history of private-company cooperation with the NSA that dates back to at least the 1970s.
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Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
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There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.
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I've got a great staff and great support system, and I'm going to stick my neck out and do what I always do.
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Some of the furor that surrounded a Harry Potter publication was fun.
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I'm for absolute autonomy of the individual, and an adult, competent woman has absolute autonomy. It's her choice.
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A teacher should have a creative mind.
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We as children went up the mountain to find feed for livestock, like goats, cows and horses, and because in the winter time we would light the fire in the house, we would climb the mountain to collect firewood as well. Because of that, I suppose I became used to climbing mountains.
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I can stay up watching TV so late.
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I want some colleague to be free to come help me when I say the time has come. That's what I'm fighting for, me. Now that sounds selfish. And if it helps somebody else, so be it.
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America preaches integration and practices segregation.
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I've been writing stories since I was a kid. I love writing stories.
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Most practical jokes, I'll feel too bad for the other person so I'll stop just before the punchline.
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I wish I could make multiple records, stylistically. The way that I'm gonna remedy that is to make a diverse record with a lot of different styles on one record.
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The little serpent has left, and the great serpent has come.
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Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.
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It's good to know that other people think differently, and that's what makes the characters interesting.
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As a global company, we have abundant resources in both capable people and capacity and also competency to make a success in India.
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I didn't get good breaks on TV.
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Revolt is the violence of an entire people; rebellion the unruliness of an individual or an uprising by a minority; both are spontaneous and blind. Revolution is both planned and spontaneous, a science and an art.
