Octavio Paz Quotes
Literatures, like trees and plants, are born of a land and in it flourish and die. But literatures, also like plants, may be carried abroad to take root in a foreign soil.
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I have cravings all the time, even when I'm not pregnant.
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Some people say I chastise the Republican Party too much.
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I never really learned photography.
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For obstacle racing, you wanna be as light, lean, and fast as possible. So, if I lift a lot of weights, I'm gonna be a little bit heavier, which will make it harder for me to hold myself up.
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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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I kind of wanna be pro basketball, pro skateboarder.
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I might not be the greatest actor, but I walk into every project willing to work hard.
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I completely get the drag thing.
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Different directors have different things, so when I left Mike Leigh, as it were, and I went into other projects after 'All or Nothing,' it took some getting used to - what do you mean there's a script?!?' That kind of thing.
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I kept trying to write these books that were sort of outside of my realm, and I kept failing.
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The late Seventies was the death of the manufacturing age in the United States. It was also a time when the Pictures Generation artists were getting started. They co-opted the language of advertising. The factory disappeared, and weirdly, so did the art object - it was the age of making gestures, not objects.
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No, but I'm really lucky, because I'm not the superhero.
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I end up pleading my case to alternative programmers - you're telling me that my music is too dark for pop, too pop for alternative, and urban radio won't touch it - so we have a record that doesn't fit in. And what is more alternative than that?
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Ignorance and prejudice make for bad advisers.
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Common wisdom dictates that the vice president should provide balance to the ticket by representing a different part of the country, another set of experiences, or a basketful of electoral votes.
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I had to make peace with my past because I can't change it.
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I never look at how many songs I have or how many girls are there in a movie. If I like my character, I play it.
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Otherwise I don't read much adult poetry at all, because I'm not smart enough and mostly I don't get it.
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In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the tasks left unfinished in your lifetime.
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In my seaside town, there is a plethora of benches, each one bearing a little brass plate commemorating a deceased occupant. You sit with ghosts.
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What the neurology tells us is that the self consists of many components, and the notion of one unitary self may well be an illusion.
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Some people say that their pets will tell them when it's time to go. I don't believe that. No animal of mine has ever told me he was ready to die. I wish it were that simple. Dogs can communicate, but they cannot talk, nor do they think in our language or on our terms.
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If you have an opportunity to use your voice you should use it.
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Literatures, like trees and plants, are born of a land and in it flourish and die. But literatures, also like plants, may be carried abroad to take root in a foreign soil.
