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““I believe – and this is the case not only for figure skating but for other forms of art including ballet and musicals as well – that this artistry is very much based on having the correct technique and a strong foundation at the core of everything. It is upon these that the artistry is built, and without that strong foundation and that basis in technique, it is not possible to have that full artistry required as well.””

“Artistry is founded upon absolute technical prowess.”

“His hands always burn me.”

“Learn to love yourself a 100% by reconnecting back to Mother Nature. The reason why there is so much chaos going on is because we have disrespected our mother. What's happened now is that we are killing the one who is giving us life. We have to realize the greatness of nature. Bob Marley tried to warn you to see that in this concrete jungle, many of us are living in reverse. When you live in reverse L-I-V-E, it becomes evil…E-V-I-L. We have to see that just by letting go, it frees you…it does wonders.”

“The degree to which a person can grow is directly proportional to the amount of truth he can accept about himself without running away.”

“Compromise and workability are two very different things. Compromise undermines your values. It corrodes your life. It ruins relationships. Workability preserves your values. It enhances your life. And it strengthens relationships.”

“Surrendering to state or private financing is bullshit.”

“Surrendering to state or private financing is bullshit.”

“Developers are drawn to complexity like moths to a flame often with the same result.”

“…the walls of his house were full of images of a happy past, which in his mind seemed like a constant outside of time.”

“Among those corporeal glances, in the midst of those libidinous flirtations and those wild impulses, there were no doubts or excess verses, not even a bad song…”

“If there is such a thing as the eternal return that Nietzsche proposed, I hope to do what is necessary to make it worth repeating every day to infinity.”

“Literature is the emotional biography of a human being who has dared to write it.”

“The result does not matter: politicians never lose.”

“In the end, the two failed Chilean constituent processes were a marketing exercise to legitimize the constitution of the Dictatorship.”

“I think that a literary work should not be a piece of spit thrown onto the road.”

“Mexico is a beautiful country in its tremendous contradictions.”

“Conditioned like sheep in a flock, they have only managed to say “beee”, which translated into martial language would be “Yes, sir.””

“…Who better than a Latin American to write about dirty tricks and other stories.”