Gabriel Garcia Marquez Quotes
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I wrote seven Myron Bolitar novels in a row, and I never want to write a Myron book where he just solves a crime. Every one of them I want to be personal, and I want him to grow and change. The problem with that is, it makes the series limited, you can't write a series where a guy is always going through some kind of crisis.
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Well, I decided to stop. And I did. I stopped smoking, and I stopped speed at the same time.
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You get tough when you grow up unloved. People described me as a boyish girl - rather shy, but I didn't show it. I had an attitude. I was rather wild. I lied a lot because I knew the alternative was to be punished. As I got older I realised I didn't have to lie any more and it was a nice feeling. I could be myself.
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I'm not going to lie; the most fun of writing these books is just saying, 'Where am I going to write about? Let me go there!'
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The game is never over. No matter what the scoreboard reads or what the referee says, it doesn't end when you come off the court.
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In terms of 'Seinfeld', I think there's lot of reality in a show that's supposed to be about nothing.
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I make a living playing rock n' roll. I'm not going to complain about anything.
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The end of my playing career was May 28, 2017. That, for me, was an historic day. I'll carry it with me forever. It will be hard to explain to people the feelings and emotions I felt that day.
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I just kept it real and had the freedom to do what I want. It's not designed for any age group. It's not made for radio. There are no edits. The whole album contains explicit lyrics but that's because you need it.
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Exposing your ignorance is how you get somebody to embrace you.
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At the end of the day, people want to see how fast you run.
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I prefer to make movies which not only have a message for 'then' but a message for 'now.'
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I love making movies, but there's nothing like being in front of an audience.
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I've always been attracted to action stuff.
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I hear a little firecracker go off when you come up with a good rhyme.
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We're under some gross misconception that we're a good species, going somewhere important, and that at the last minute we'll correct our errors and God will smile on us. It's delusion.
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Eventually, before I die, I hope to have written about every part I've played.
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If I'm doing comedy, I try to improvise a lot. Even if they don't use it, it helps me loosen up and figure out the character.
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Life is so short. Why waste a single day of it doing something that doesn't matter, that doesn't try to do something big?
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I've been part of founding three companies that have gone public. It doesn't seem like a big number, but it's actually a lot.
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Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of enough. Good enough. Successful enough. Thin enough. Rich enough. Socially responsible enough. When you have self-respect, you have enough.
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I don't put boundaries on myself when I sit at the piano.
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This is love that surrounds, only a fool without wisdom can see. Blind as I am in your eyes, my lady of dreams.
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An early-rising man is a good spouse but a bad husband.
