Gabriel Garcia Marquez Quotes
Just imagine, a cow on the balcony of the nation, what an awful thing, what a shitty country.
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I went to Antarctica on a science research boat just to sort of clear my head.
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Armenian folklore has it that three apples fell from Heaven: one for the teller of a story, one for the listener, and the third for the one who 'took it to heart.' What a pity Heaven awarded no apple to the one who wrote the story down.
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But what I really like are old Hollywood movies. Very often I watch AMC.
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It is a pleasure to play under Jose Mourinho, and everything is OK. I learn every day. He is a normal coach. He speaks a lot with the players. I like it when the manager speaks a lot with you because it gives you confidence.
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I don't go on lunch dates with friends. I hear about people having dinner parties, but I never do that. I'm not really human.
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I really love having conversations and deconstructing things. I don't mind not having a laugh every second. Sometimes things deserve a little more discussion, and then you can have some fun after that.
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One of the reasons my name is Rushdie is that my father was an admirer of Ibn Rush'd, the 12th century Arab philosopher known as Averroes in the West. In his time, he was making the non-literalist case for interpreting the Koran.
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Good planning is important. I've also regarded a sense of humor as one of the most important things on a big expedition. When you're in a difficult or dangerous situation, or when you're depressed about the chances of success, someone who can make you laugh eases the tension.
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I don't know that white people need to be 'allies' so much as understand that any black struggle in America is ultimately a struggle for the large country. 'Ally' presumes a kind of distance that I am not sure exists.
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My confidence comes from my fights and my training.
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Eighty percent of my life is normal like any other mother. I worry about my children, if they're doing all right. I worry that my husband is doing well.
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Get it out of your historic head.
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I know every line to 'The Little Rascals.'
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I'm not really religious but very spiritual. I give money to this company that manufactures hearing aids on a regular basis. More people should really hear me sing. I have a gift from God.
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My arrest was on every bloody TV set. The other prisoners all knew who I was and asked me to sing.
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Being a happy warrior, you also have a lot of fun in what you do because you believe in what you're doing.
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What a lucky thing the wheel was invented before the automobile; otherwise can you imagine the awful screeching?
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It would be better if you began to teach others only after you yourself have learned something.
