Gabriel Garcia Marquez Quotes

He was weary of the uncertainty of the vicious circle of that eternal war that always found him in the same place, but always older, wearier, even more in the position of not knowing why, or how, or even when.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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• All my books are optimistic!

  

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• There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man.

  

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• Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.

  

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• I was real into Devo, Pavement, Captain Beefheart, and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.

  

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• How does one measure the success of a museum?

  

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• Personally I feel, for me, it's tough to do Botox - but it's also tough not to! Sometimes, I think I need the help. Whatever anyone else chooses is fine with me - no judgment.

  

  Naomi Watts
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• Not always trainers, but if I don't have to, I don't wear high heels. It's really just if something looks good on me, I'm going to buy it. It can be Zara or Chanel... I'm going to buy it.

  

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• You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.

  

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• We are not going back to the failed policies of the past. We are fighting for the middle class!

  

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• I grew up in Pittsburgh, and regularly, my parents would take us to the Holiday House Supper Club to see acts like Nancy Wilson, Sarah Vaughn, Ben Vereen, Freda Payne, Stephanie Mills, and The Temptations, to name a few.

  

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• Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.

  

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• People ask how could I be so conservative. Well, I was born to people raised in 1889.

  

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• I spent my whole childhood watching open-wheel racing. I spent years going to England and racing open wheel, coming back and racing open wheel. It's been my world for 20 years and beyond that. For almost my whole life, I've been watching it. I watch it and I think I know how to do it.

  

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• You don't get second chances in the real world.

  

  Gail Simmons
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• Community action is as valuable a principle on the international level as it has been domestically.

  

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• I've found just the right amount of balance in my life. I'm this pop artist in America, but I'm also Malaysian. And I'm also Muslim.

  

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• Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets.

  

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• When I grow up, I still want to be a director.

  

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• It's good that I put my personal ego aside. My basketball ego was, 'Why we negotiating?' But my personal ego didn't take it personal. I put my personal ego aside a little bit.

  

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• War has become the environment of our time if only because it is an accelerated form of innovation and education. (p. 381)

  

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• All you have the right to ask of life is to choose a battle in this war, make the best you can, and leave the field with honor.

  

  Leon Uris
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• If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.

  

  George Washington
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• He was weary of the uncertainty of the vicious circle of that eternal war that always found him in the same place, but always older, wearier, even more in the position of not knowing why, or how, or even when.

  

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  • Why
  • War