Gabriel Garcia Marquez Quotes
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I saw a picture of Elvis in blue lame, and thought that if I could recreate that suit and walk down the King's Road in it, someone might pick me up and take me off on a crazy adventure.
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In order to make further progress, particularly in the field of cosmic rays, it will be necessary to apply all our resources and apparatus simultaneously and side-by-side; an effort which has not yet been made, or at least, only to a limited extent.
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There is, therefore, no solution possible other than an economy directed by the workers through their organisations of control-through the workers' syndicates.
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I'm trying hard to keep my Australian accent. My mom would disown me if I didn't.
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My brother is the former mayor of Baltimore.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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A revolution is interesting insofar as it avoids like the plague the plague it promised to heal.
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If you put people up on pedestals, there's only one way for them to go, and that is down.
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Some of the greatest survivors have been women. Look at the courage so many women have shown after surviving earthquakes in the rubble for days on end.
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I'm one of those people if you ask, 'What's your favourite song?' I'm going to give you five. I don't have just one favourite.
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When I designed my first house in L.A., I didn't have any money - I did it all on my own. I liked that.
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The reality of music itself, which is the fabric of life for me, is where most of my attention is.
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I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable.
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People throw things at me sometimes, at big festivals.
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I thought that communism, the tyranny of communism, was an abomination and I beseeched God to bring that terrible evil down and he did. It was a great triumph, it took awhile, but it happened.
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Sometimes you want things so bad you will kind of lower your standards, and I've learned that once you do that, it's really hard to go back, to get people to respect you and respect your craft.
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My work in the House of Representatives, at this time in my life, is completed. It is time to return home.
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Maybe black and white is the best medium for landscapes, I don't know.
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No, it's not love, but it's not bad.
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When I approach guys in certain situations and talk to them about Christ, they know that I'm speaking to them in a way that's real.
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Compromise today is too often applauded simply for itself. The cost of compromise to principles and real lives doesn't seem to matter.
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It was a pleasure to be a gay eyesore.
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Love becomes greater and nobler in calamity.
