Gabriel Garcia Marquez Quotes
...races condemned to 100 years of solitude did not have a second opportunity on earth.
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I think I've had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records. I think I'm that guy. I'm still blessed with the opportunity to make music and pass out a message like, 'Life is good,' to the world.
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Our curses on them that boil the eggs too hard! What use is an egg that is hard to any person on earth?
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The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.
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No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.
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Perhaps gaining power doesn't cause people to act like takers. It simply creates the opportunity for people who think like takers to express themselves.
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You can't take sides when you know the earth is round.
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It was a lovely opportunity for the first time in my whole career to stand up and thank people who are really responsible for me getting to realize my dreams.
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As governor, I enjoy the opportunity to talk about Utah's measurable business success.
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I prefer death in Christ Jesus to power over the farthest limits of the earth. He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire.
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He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity to be his own adherent.
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I'd love the opportunity to do something where I could really give my opinion, my feisty side - it'd be fun!
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I love Lil Wayne; that's like my little brother. He's just the coolest dude on Earth.
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Work is transformative. It gives you a greater chance of a greater income. You can affect your life while you're of working age, so you have scope and opportunity. Pensioners do not.
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I hope I'm remembered as the king of the world, the noble man who united all the nations of the earth. But that probably won't happen.
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I speak not for myself but for those without voice... those who have fought for their rights... their right to live in peace, their right to be treated with dignity, their right to equality of opportunity, their right to be educated.
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The most important thing about Spaceship Earth - an instruction book didn't come with it.
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The first view of the Earth is magical... in such a small planet, with such a small ribbon of life, so much goes on. It is as if the whole place is sacred. You get the feeling that I need to work extraordinarily hard along with other human beings to respect that.
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I don't think I ever set my goals that high. As a kid growing up I just wanted an opportunity to race and to be able to make a living doing it. It just came together.
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I believe a time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil. Everything we do is to improve it, if it happens in our day; if not, let us transmit to our descendants, together with our slaves, a pity for their unhappy lot and an abhorrence of slavery.
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I intend to apply the perspective of astrobiology, which is a deep-time way of looking at life on Earth, towards the question of the Anthropocene. What does the human phenomenon on Earth look like viewed from an interplanetary perspective?
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Since pre-Emancipation, black 'females' have had to fight for the whites-only privilege of being deemed 'ladies': cultured, educated, sexually desirable in a socially respected way. Michelle Obama has managed to get all this without yielding her right to be smart and strong-willed.
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...races condemned to 100 years of solitude did not have a second opportunity on earth.
