Ãlvaro Mutis famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Life always holds in store surprises that are more complex and unforeseeable than any dream, and the secret is to let them come and not block them with castles in the air.
-- Ãlvaro Mutis -
Since a good part of my life has been wasted dealing with fools just like them, it's not worry I feel but weariness as I watch the approach of one more episode in the old, tired story of men who try to beat life, the smart ones who think they know it all and die with a look of surprise on their faces: at the final moment they always see the truth - they never really understood anything, never held anything in their hands. An old story, old and boring.
-- Ãlvaro Mutis -
Life attacks us like a blind beast. It swallows up time, the years of our life, it passes like a typhoon and leaves nothing behind. Not even memory, because memory is made of the same swift, ungraspable substance out of which illusions emerge and then disappear.
-- Ãlvaro Mutis
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My biggest dream to connect people through music has come true. In a world where there are enough reasons to separate us, the Oscars have unified us.
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I've got heaps of dreams.
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A majority of women seem to consider themselves sent into the world for the sole purpose of displaying dry goods, and it is only when acting the part of an animated milliner's block that they feel they are performing their appropriate mission.
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I like that Pilates compromises the mind and body. It's not just about being able to run around the block a few times. It's about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It's about being balanced.
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To endeavor to work upon the vulgar with fine sense is like attempting to hew blocks with a razor.
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In every American there is an air of incorrigible innocence, which seems to conceal a diabolical cunning.
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You can't predict a show, that is the damndest thing, you can't predict if a show is going to work or not until it's on the air.
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This was why I loved my Grana. Being with her always made me laugh. She accepted life for what it was. She didn’t pretend or put on airs. She was just Grana.
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We can not escape tragic roads. It is like grasping at the sun & trying to catch air. We must take one step at-a-time. Keep going.
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Wisdom without love is like having lungs but no air to breathe. Do not seek wisdom in order to acquire knowledge but in order to live and love more fully.
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