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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Truthfully, I'm pretty stuck in the '80s.
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I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.
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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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It would be ridiculous for me to say anything negative regarding blacks having an equal opportunity on TV.
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Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant.
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A man who marries his mistress leaves a vacancy in that position.
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Only good questions deserve good answers.
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The principal cause of war is war itself.
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Whether or not you discover your talents and passions is partly a matter of opportunity. If you've never been sailing, or picked up an instrument, or tried to teach or to write fiction, how would you know if you had a talent for these things?
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An early-rising man is a good spouse but a bad husband.
