Gabriel Garcia Marquez Quotes
Everything that belonged to her husband made her weep again: his tasseled slippers, his pajamas under the pillow, the space of his absence in the dressing table mirror, his own odor on her skin. A vague thought made her shudder: "The people one loves should take all their things with them when they die.
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How do people move on after they've lost the love of their life? It's a really interesting thing to look at. It happens to people every day: you see people... even in the worst, most war-torn places, people get up and continue with their lives. And it's a fascinating thing about human nature. That ability to just continue on.
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For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.
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The future is much like the present, only longer.
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If you look at the scientists who really make a difference, they think boldly. They're not afraid to question what they see.
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Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.
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Nobody should be sent indefinitely into detention; everybody should have their day in court.
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You have to find a way - and thankfully for me, it's been music - to separate yourself from the racial identity. It's not easy, and I continue to work, God bless, and I'm really, truly appreciative of it.
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I do not consider the Lisbon Treaty to be a good thing for Europe, for the freedom of Europe, or for the Czech Republic.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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If I can just be thought of as Omari Hardwick who had a really, really solid career, and whose work is appreciated in its own right, I think that would be a great legacy to leave behind.
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If writers, like comedians or singers, could only hear themselves bombing as they worked, it's likely that certain books would be cut short after the first few leaden sentences.
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Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
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My wife never throws anything at me that I can't handle.
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Once again, Pat Robertson leaves us speechless with his insensitivity and arrogance.
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We must have the time to create strict rules so that property is not sold by Communist managers for a low price. They often get payments under the table to sell to the first bidder. This does not build public support for a market economy.
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I don't believe in these headline-hunting interviews. That's just not my style.
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In many ways, Scotland will benefit more than other parts of the UK when Universal Credit comes in. A larger percentage of people will see an increase in their income through moving into work or taking on more hours.
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The great fun for me is these collaborators. I'm nothing by myself. Being with these people, whether it's the 'Homeland' cast or stage collaborators, they make you everything you are. They make you come to work. They make you be alive.
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I genuinely want to do my best every day, and I genuinely want to enjoy life every day.
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Filmmaking is a much more collaborative thing than literature, so you know you're going to be working with a group of people at the start. You know it's going to be a compromise.
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I find it really cheap when people talk about an issue just for the sake of talking and are not making any difference to the actual situation.
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People like scary stories. There's a fascination with fear themes, and we want to face those things in a weird, subconscious way.
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There's a lot of people who feel there's a tabloid journalist who had it coming.
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Everything that belonged to her husband made her weep again: his tasseled slippers, his pajamas under the pillow, the space of his absence in the dressing table mirror, his own odor on her skin. A vague thought made her shudder: "The people one loves should take all their things with them when they die.
