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"We no longer have to resort to superstition when faced with the deep problems: Is there a meaning to life? What are we for? What is man?"

"First best is falling in love. Second best is being in love. Least best is falling out of love. But any of it is better than never having been in love."

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🇨🇴Gabriel García Márquez

Literature

magic realism

1927–2014

"But that afternoon he asked himself, with his infinite capacity for illusion, if such pitiless indifference might not be a subterfuge for hiding the torments of love."

"Heterosexuality is far too interesting a phenomenon to be ignored."

"Thank you to every American who has not sued me so far."

"I never did theatre or took classes, which I think has helped me. I just had instincts and they were right."

"I'm staggered by the question of what it's like to be a multimillionaire. I always have to remind myself that I am."

"All jokes about religion cause offence, so it's pointless apologising for them."

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"Captain Kirk was captain of everybody's fate. He was a dictator."

"Desperation will allow you to do incredible things in the name of survival."

"I have a lot more respect for it as a business. I understand fashion a lot more. Style, for me, is something I still can't get right."

"I became a vegetarian because I felt really bad for the animals and I love them a lot. Animals are very sweet, and I don't think that they deserve to be tortured."

"I'm not good at future planning. I don't plan at all. I don't know what I'm doing tomorrow. I don't have a day planner and I don't have a diary. I completely live in the now, not in the past, not in the future."

"I have gotten more flak for being a conservative Republican than I have for being trans."

"Why work alone if you don’t have to? It’s all give and take. It’s all about listening to others and contributing. Even if you didn’t want to act, improv classes are great, because they teach you about conversation."

"I think that if you get too close to the character, if you do too much historical research, you may find yourself defending your view of a character against the author's view, and I think that's terribly dangerous."

"I think hubris comes from insecurity. Confidence comes in a more rooted sense; part of being confident is being able to say, "I can be really shitty," and to accept that. But also not to crumble under it."

"Crazy. Karma is a bitch. Gets you every time. It's not good to wish bad on anybody. God sees everything!"

"The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants."

"It's a very brave thing to fall in love. You have to be willing to trust somebody else with your whole being, and that's very difficult, really difficult and very brave."

"The only thing Madonna will ever do like a virgin is give birth in a stable."

"It's not like I let people do things for me, so I guess you can call me a control freak, or you can call me passionate... I'm not a passive person by any stretch of the imagination."

"In recent times it just seems that women have been relegated to either romantic roles or fluff pieces. So the appeal, for me, is to make a picture about a real woman."

🇦🇹Arnold Schwarzenegger

Politics

b. 1947

"When I was on my way to the podium a gentleman stopped me and said I was as good a politician as I was an actor. What a cheap shot."

"Beginnings are usually scary and endings are usually sad, but it’s the middle that counts. You have to remember this when you find yourself at the beginning."

"Life is never stagnation. It is constant movement, unrhythmic movement, as we as constant change. Things live by moving and gain strength as they go."

"Christians... get Christmas under control. Seriously. It won't stop! It doesn't stop, does it? It's always Christmas now! Make it the whole year! It's the only time you pricks are happy!"

"If you don't know whether a body is alive or dead, you would never bury it. I think this consideration itself should be enough for all of us to insist on protecting the unborn."

"I happen to think that videogames are an ideal means to help broaden the imaginations of young people."

"It's hard to make a cultural phenomenon every time."

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🇺🇸Sarah Jessica Parker

Entertainment

b. 1965

"I didn't think I was going to be a person who other people knew, whose name was recognizable."

"First and foremost, I'm a feminist. And basically that stems from a strong belief that all people and creatures deserve equal opportunity, rights and respect."

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