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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The privilege of being a writer is that you have this opportunity to slow down and to consider things.
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At 7, I was shooting 3s with so much ease that the guys at the neighborhood park were impressed. Michael Jordan was one of the best humans to walk the earth in my eyes, third only to Jesus and my mother.
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The stuff that works best is driven by passion rather than dollars.
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I'm asked all the time in interviews about who I am, and I know a few people my age who have a strong sense of self, but I couldn't say I know myself and sum it up and give it to you in a little package. I don't know myself at all yet.
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I'm just old enough to be able to say I got those very first Beatles records right as they were hitting America. My father brought them home. It was definitely the earliest musical influence on my life, and still one of the greatest.
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...races condemned to 100 years of solitude did not have a second opportunity on earth.
