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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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To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes to hear it is to see it with our ears. – Octavio Paz

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Poetry
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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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Art
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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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Wisdom
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The individual is not accountable to society for his actions in so far as these concern the interests of no person but himself. – John Stuart Mill

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Society

You just let your lower self go, and then it takes on all these aspects of the society – the city with horns blowing, the people yelling things at each other, and the all-in-all violence and chaos of the city. Put that on stage with music, and thats what this is. – Alice Cooper

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Society

There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals. – Ramsey Clark

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Society

A lot of guys and people in our society think that chicks just love dudes with money. Chicks love dudes who are successful who happen to have money – do you know what I mean? Chicks are attracted to dudes that are doing their own thing. – Adam Carolla

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That common cold of the male psyche, fear of commitment. – Richard Schickel

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In 1998, Artnet was the site that convinced me that if my writing didnt exist online, it didnt exist at all. It showed me criticisms future. – Jerry Saltz

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Anytime you play a team sport, the success of the team really makes everything better. Its nice. – Ricky Williams

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As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom. – Pythagoras

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