Octavio Paz Quotes

The American War of Independence is the expulsion of the intrusive elements, alien to the American essence. If American reality is the reinvention of itself, whatever is found in any way irreducible or unassimilable is not American.

Octavio Paz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: mexican
  • Birth: March 31, 1914 - April 19, 1998

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Jiu Jitsu is probably the No. 1 activity that I could recommend to someone to improve their lives overall.

Jocko Willink

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Breathing is always key in any character. When you have a character with no voice, that makes it even more important.

John Carroll Lynch

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People talk about fantastic memories of childhood, but I remember children being cruel to me and wanting to come out of childhood as soon as possible because I knew adults were generally more contained in their cruelty.

Robert Lepage

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Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football.

John Heisman

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'The Washington Post' doesn't have to report on what I post on Twitter. CNN doesn't have to report on what I post on Twitter. All kinds of media outlets - they don't have to report on anything that I post on Twitter. Just like they don't have to report on all kinds of other things that other people post on Twitter.

Michael Avenatti

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What would George Clooney do? That's one of my favourites. He is one of my favourite actors and one of my favourite human beings. I don't know if I have a serious life philosophy.

Steve Kazee

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Golf tough guys - like movie tough guys - are almost always inscrutable, just beyond our full understanding.

Steve Rushin

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In daytime, you're shooting an episode a day, which is on average about 90 pages of script a day. That is very hectic. On '90210,' you get to work through it a little more. You're not just flying through it just to get it done.

Trevor Donovan

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God, Americans know how to cook.

Rose Leslie

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I'm good at finding things to do on my own, even if it's just reading.

Robert Webb

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If I didn't mind having a quarter of my car payment going towards a gym membership, I'd definitely go to Equinox.

Ross Butler

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The goal of re-importation is to provide American consumers with access to drugs at the world market price - not the inflated price now paid only by Americans.

Mike Simpson

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