Gabriel Garcia Marquez Quotes
Death really did not matter to him but life did, and therefore the sensation he felt when they gave their decision was not a feeling of fear but of nostalgia.
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I just thought it was unconscionable for the Congress to insert itself into this debate. We are particularly unqualified to make that decision and to intrude ourselves into the lives of this family.
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I know I am extraordinarily lucky to be doing what I am doing. I have worked hard along the way and I have been blessed too. I have had a great life.
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Because of where I come from, I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President.
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There is no finer sensations in life that which comes with victory over one's self. Go forward to a goal of inward achievement, brushing aside all your old internal enemies as you advance.
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I'm a big believer in living life as an extended working vacation.
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Somebody said to me this morning, 'To what do you attribute your longevity?' I don't know. I mean, I couldn't have planned my life out better. By all accounts I should be dead! The abuse I put my body through: the drugs, the alcohol, the lifestyle I've lived the last 30 years!
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My parents landed in Calgary in December 1974, straight from Nairobi. They were immigrants, like many people coming to build a better life. My mom was five months pregnant with me when they landed.
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There is nothing more important in life than love.
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What's really important in life? Sitting on a beach? Looking at television eight hours a day? I think we have to appreciate that we're alive for only a limited period of time, and we'll spend most of our lives working.
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I've realized how important it is to have women in your life. You get to a certain age where you're like, 'I need women around.'
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I guess life offers you opportunities to live your dream. We just have to accept what comes our way and live those moments completely. You will not get back this time again, so live every moment you get.
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I don't want to be Mr. Romantic Leading Man. I don't want to be the Dance Dude. I don't want to be the Action Guy. If I had to do any one of those all my life, it'd drive me crazy.
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I understand that sometimes when you're young it's difficult to remember the difference between real life and what is part of fantasy.
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Death is not a word to fear, any more than birth is.
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I blame feminism and Facebook for the death of the American automobile. I'm a Republican, so I blame everything on feminism - or commies.
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I'm always inspired to write, and it's usually my own life experiences that inspire me.
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I fracked over 3,000 wells in my life and never had a problem with an aquifer.
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The most intense curiosity and excitement prevailed, and though the weather was uncertain, enormous masses of densely packed people lined the road, shouting and waving hats and handkerchiefs as we flew by them.
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All parents want their offspring to be exemplars of virtue and achievement and happiness. But most of all, we want desperately for you to be safe - safe from disease and violence and self-destruction.
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'A quotation's only a short neat way of sayin' somethin' everybody knows, like 'It's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide.'' (Italics in original)
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Any time I have to get on a plane and leave my kids for a few days, it's kind of tortuous.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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Death really did not matter to him but life did, and therefore the sensation he felt when they gave their decision was not a feeling of fear but of nostalgia.
