Gabriel Garcia Marquez Quotes

She felt the abyss of disenchantment.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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• Basically hated everything made in the '80s, music television - it was really about the '90s for me. 'Encino Man' was a big hit. 'Robin Hood: Men in Tights.'

  

  Kate McKinnon
  • Music
  • Men
  • Man

• I've seen myself on those lists of the 100 best guitarists, and if they think that I'm that good, thank them. Thank God for them. But I don't think so.

  

  B. B. King
  • Good
  • God
  • Myself

• I'd rather be nauseous than tired, I think.

  

  Sam Simon
  • Think
  • Tired
  • Rather

• As far as love is concerned, possession, power, fusion and disenchantment are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

  

  Zygmunt Bauman
  • Love
  • Power
  • For Him

• The campaign for birth control is not merely of eugenic value, but is practically identical with the final aims of eugenics.

  

  Margaret Sanger
  • Control
  • Value

• Fantasy films tend to skew towards what Tolkien fantasy was, which is that the humans, the Hobbits, and the cute creatures are the good guys, and everything that's ugly are the bad guys.

  

  Duncan Jones
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Ugly

• The holidays are my favorite time of year! Christmas was always one of the biggest celebrations in Sweden, and I look forward to the festivities each year.

  

  Marcus Samuelsson
  • Time
  • Christmas

• What I do say is that I can write verse, and that the writing of verse in strict form is the best possible training for writing good prose.

  

  Philip Pullman
  • Good
  • Writing
  • Training

• I just absolutely, totally hated school. It was like a prison to me. I just could not stand that structured, absolute disciplined way of having to deal with life.

  

  Kim Basinger
  • Life
  • School

• I remember when I was in school, they would ask, 'What are you going to be when you grow up?' and then you'd have to draw a picture of it. I drew a picture of myself as a bride.

  

  Gwen Stefani No Doubt
  • Up
  • School
  • Remember

• I have a sensible set of values that tell me to never lie.

  

  John Joseph Lydon

• Only with our government are you given a certificate at birth, a license at marriage, and a bill at death.

  

  Jennifer Dunn
  • Death
  • Marriage

• Baseball is one of the most beautiful games. It is. It is a very Zen-like game.

  

  Jim Jarmusch
  • Game
  • Beautiful
  • Baseball

• By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes is his duty against the influence of authority and majorities, custom and opinion.

  

  John Acton
  • Opinion

• Let us make a pledge now to help Fiji through this very important next stage of its journey. We can do this by promising to be patient, calm and tolerant and by respecting the views of others, even if we disagree with them.

  

  Josefa Iloilo
  • Important
  • Help
  • Journey

• Fred, you next," the plump woman said. "I'm not Fred, I'm George," said the boy. "Honestly, woman, you call yourself our mother? Can't you tell I'm George?" "Sorry, George, dear." "Only joking, I am Fred," said the boy and off he went.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Mother
  • Boy
  • Sorry

• Only do what you feel called in your heart to do, and then give all of yourself to the task.

  

  Marianne Williamson
  • Heart
  • Feel
  • Task

• This merger would give General Dynamics a permanent monopoly in nuclear submarines and would substantially lessen competition in surface combatants.

  

  Charles James
  • Competition
  • Monopoly
  • Submarines

• If the plan is to see what happens, a team is guaranteed to succeed - at seeing what happens - but won't necessarily gain validated learning - If you cannot fail, you cannot learn.

  

  Eric Ries
  • Success
  • Learning
  • Guaranteed

• She felt the abyss of disenchantment.

  

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  • Abyss
  • Disenchantment