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" In Mexico you have death very close. That's true for all human beings because it's a part of life, but in Mexico, death can be found in many things. "
Gael Garcia Bernal
You
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" I'm never going to be able to leave Mexico, really. It would be foolish of me to do it. I would be wasting such a great opportunity that the accident of life, or destiny, gave me, which is to be Mexican. If we would make 'Lord of the Rings' analogies, I think Mexico City is Middle-earth. That's where the fight of humanity is. "
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