Gabriel Garcia Marquez Quotes
One of the most difficult things is the first paragraph. I have spent many months on a first paragraph, and once I get it, the rest just comes out very easily.
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Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.
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When you promise something, you must fulfill it.
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The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.
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I'm very kinesthetic, and when you're that way, you just feel it in your body. I know that other actors think with the logical part of their brain, but I wear my character inside my body, even when I'm away from the set.
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I had a moment where I was like, 'I'm so tired of waiting for other people to accept me.'
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I have written 20 books, and each one is like having a baby. Writing is not easy; some people want to write books but just can't put a story together. I can put together a story that interests both me and my readers.
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When you reach 50, what you care about is being honest, being accurate, and being an example.
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I don't think anybody's really been successful with theorizing about value or creating a price theory.
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Take seriously the traditions, the Christian roots, and all the values that are the basis of the civilisation of Europe.
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Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.
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I am so like Donna it's funny. And most of my friends are guys too.
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I'm not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.
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Stan is a rescue Chihuahua mix. He was the role model for Bob, the dog in 'Ivan.' The drawings in the book look precisely like Stan.
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My whole family can talk. They are all car salesmen. They are all funny.
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I'm not really interested in politics, because I think it's just too removed from my own life. If there's a war, though, or a disaster, I want to know what's happening.
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In high school, during lunchtime I would go in the room where the wrestling mats were and try different flips and different moves. Like windmills. I just started mixing martial arts with jazz and contemporary stuff and it would get mashed together and became my style.
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My face always looks bored or depressed. It's not an accurate impression.
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I think top scientists need to be compensated at a different scale in society. Somebody with experience will tell you that true scientists are not motivated by money - they are motivated by the quest itself. That is true. But I think an additional recognition will not hurt.
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In real life, every person is the leading man or woman. We don't think of ourselves as supporting or character actors.
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I can honestly say that my abortion was one of the least difficult decisions of my life. I'm not being flippant when I say it took me longer to decide what worktops to have in the kitchen than whether I was prepared to spend the rest of my life being responsible for a further human being.
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You have to come in on a professional level to make it, otherwise you just can't get into rap.
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Dysfunctions can occur in each of the self-regulatory subfunctions-in how personal experiences are self-monitored and cognitively processed, in the evaluative self-standards that are adopted, and in the evaluative self-reactions to one's own behavior.. Problems at any one of these points can create self-dissatisfactions and dejection. dysfunctions in all aspects of the self system are most apt to produce the most chronic self-disparagement and despondency.
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I was studying to be an architect, I wasn't plotting to join the movies. Films were just another career option. I took acting up with the same schoolgirl enthusiasm I had for examinations. Acting is a job and I take it very seriously.
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One of the most difficult things is the first paragraph. I have spent many months on a first paragraph, and once I get it, the rest just comes out very easily.
