Octavio Paz Quotes
Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two. A constant coming and going: wisdom lies in the momentary.
Quotes to Explore
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What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted.
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To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
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Alan Rickman's Hans Gruber is the greatest bad guy in a movie ever.
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If you were black, you experienced prejudice. It wasn't a real horrible thing for us; we went through it. We noticed it mostly in the South and in Las Vegas, where we couldn't stay in the hotels where we entertained. But that began to change.
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I want to thank the many Missourians who have reached out to me and asked me to consider running for the United States Senate.
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The love of liberty and the sense of human dignity are the basic elements of the Anarchist creed.
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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So many boys and girls talk the same way, listen to the same music, look the same. If I'm out, I'll notice the person who looks different before I notice the person who's, 'really hot.'
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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'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop.
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A Tea Party tidal wave is coming.
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We do want more, and when it becomes more, we shall still want more. And we shall never cease to demand more until we have received the results of our labor.
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It was never about winning medals or being famous.
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There's a big difference between being privileged and being spoilt. My parents always said, 'Spoilt means ruined, and you're not ruined, just incredibly fortunate.'
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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The vast majority of studies say anti-aging supplements don't work.
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How can the cost of education be the cost of life? It is unacceptable; it is reprehensible that we have allowed it to fester.
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In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75.
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The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies, and emotions to link pain or pleasure to whatever we choose. By changing what we link pain and pleasure to, we will instantly change our behaviors.
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Now, I'm not the only language designer with irrationalities. You can think of some languages to go with some of these things.
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Nothing ever is, everything is becoming.
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I have been in more classrooms than any legislator will ever walk into in their lives, and I see wonderful, caring, dedicated teaching out there.
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Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two. A constant coming and going: wisdom lies in the momentary.
