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Quote by Octavio Paz
Our democratic capitalist society has converted Eros into an emplo

Our democratic capitalist society has converted Eros into an employee of Mammon. – Octavio Paz

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Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual. – Octavio Paz

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Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers… What we call art is a game. – Octavio Paz

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Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two. – Octavio Paz

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Before I do anything, I think, well what hasnt been seen. Sometimes, that turns out to be something ghastly and not fit for society. And sometimes that inspiration becomes something thats really worthwhile. – Jim Carrey

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The devastating punch we took on September 11th still reverberates throughout American society. – Joe Biden

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I am still learning. – Michelangelo

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