Octavio Paz Quotes
Eroticism is first and foremost a thirst for otherness. And the supernatural is the supreme otherness. This is perhaps the most noble aim of poetry, to attach ourselves to the world around us, to turn desire into love, to embrace, finally what always evades us, what is beyond, but what is always there – the unspoken, the spirit, the soul.
Octavio Paz
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It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.
Jackie Robinson
Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
Napoleon Bonaparte
I was born in England, but then I lived in Calgary, Saudi Arabia, Cyprus, India, Vancouver, London, Toronto, and now L.A.
Hannah Simone
I've been in a room in Silicon Valley where on the wall they have 160 industries they think blockchain can disrupt. We picked six of them to focus on.
Patrick M. Byrne
Being a pop star is something I don't think I'm very good at. I'm worried it's making me too paranoid, because all of a sudden, life has become this constant assessment. When you put something out there and people get to hear it, then those people react to it, socially, culturally.
Laura Mvula
You don't have to feel confident to act confident. In fact, it's the most important acting job you can learn.
Gail Sheehy
The thing is that we live in a presidential system with a parliamentary constitution. Congress has a lot of weight in Brazil, and the president cannot always do when he wants; he does what he can.
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
I want the traditional family upheld, but I don't want it upheld to the detriment of other people.
John Shelby Spong
I can't remove the autobiographical slant from the things I write. You always bring yourself into what you're writing.
Natalie Merchant
In Sheffield, we need support from the community and for the community. We need integration with no loss of heritage, and a clear appreciation of what is and is not acceptable.
David Blunkett
Kids really have a lot more power than they think they have. They have the power to change the world. And they should know it.
Laura Marano
Eroticism is first and foremost a thirst for otherness. And the supernatural is the supreme otherness. This is perhaps the most noble aim of poetry, to attach ourselves to the world around us, to turn desire into love, to embrace, finally what always evades us, what is beyond, but what is always there – the unspoken, the spirit, the soul.
Octavio Paz
