Octavio Paz Quotes

It has always surprised me that in a world of relations as hard as that of the United States, cordiality constantly springs out like water from an unstanchable fountain.

Octavio Paz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WaterMeWorldFountainHardOut

Music has always been my passion. It was not a hobby or something I can take out of my life.

Jessica Sanchez

LifeMusicPassionMy LifeHobby

You know, people think you have to be dumb to skip rope for 45 minutes. No, you have to be able to imagine something else. While you're skipping rope, you have to be able to see something else.

John Irving

PeopleThinkYouDumbKnowSee

Licences to have babies incidentally is something that I got in trouble for some years ago for suggesting even in Canada that this might be necessary at some point, at least some restriction on the right to have a child.

Maurice Strong

ChildCanadaTroubleRightYears

I teach at Harvard, and focusing on understanding this problem on a national level is a big priority of mine right now - where evictions are going up and down, what cities are actually instituting policies that work, what housing insecurity is doing to our cities, neighbourhoods, our kids.

Matthew Desmond

WorkInsecurityUnderstandingProblem

What I like are films that take me seriously, that don't treat me as more stupid than I am.

Michael Haneke

I AmMeStupidTreatSeriouslyMore

Corporations do a lot of things well, but not run nations, for obvious reasons.

Michael Ian Black

RunThingsObviousWellReasonsLot

Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn't just skills like computer technology. It's the old-fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-discipline, self-command.

Steven Pressfield

TechnologySelf-DisciplineSkills

I get meals when I can, or I have protein shakes.

Triple H

I CanMealsProteinGetShakes

Around New York, I used to hear that expression, 'Once a Dodger, always a Dodger.' But how about, 'Once a Yankee, always a Yankee?' There never was anything better than that. You never get over it.

Tony Lazzeri

New YorkBetterYouNewNeverOver

To be a parent, you must be authoritarian. If the Zambians want to succeed, they must learn to work hard, and they should not expect to be treated with kid gloves.

Michael Sata

WorkWork HardSucceedParentLearn

The UCB has long been known as a hub of the best comedy in New York City, but it's never been the most well organized or cared for place in the world.

Chris Gethard

BestNew YorkCityWorldComedyNew

I have known John McCain personally since 1982. I wrote a well-received speech for him.

Christopher Buckley

SpeechHimKnownSincePersonally

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