Jeff Vandermeer Quotes
I do believe very much in the idea of unexpected or 'convulsive' beauty - beauty in the service of liberty.
Quotes to Explore
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The mirror to the beautiful is beautiful.
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I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.
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Just because I have two world records, everyone assumes that means automatically it is two guaranteed gold medals, but it isn't like that, and anything can happen in a race.
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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You make knowledge relevant to life and you make it important for children to learn things that will really relate to things going on in their lives, and not abstract.
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I never had crushes on anybody when I was younger; I really didn't.
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In my state, over 17,000 households are going hungry on a regular basis.
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Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.
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The shows at the Hilton are the most exciting shows I've ever done. The stage is huge, but the theater is intimate, so we can have a magnificent production and still connect with the audience.
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I crave attention and adventure.
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No, I worked a lot for European television, doing documentaries in Brazil.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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I like writers who seem to write because they have to. You get the feeling of this burning desire to tell a story. I find it in Peter Carey, Nicola Barker, Ali Smith and David Foster Wallace.
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A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire!
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There's a rule of thumb in politics. If you're at a point where you're complaining about the other guy being mean and unfair and uncivil, that's probably a sign that you're losing.
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I never trusted good-looking boys.
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The fixed stars signify the angel in man. That is why man orients himself by them; and that is why women have no appreciation for the starry sky; because they have no sense of the angel in man.
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We signed up for Showtime, which I think put us on a Homeland Security list somewhere.
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I'm relatively physically adept and I like throwing myself around. Once, twice, but then you get to nine, ten, eleven and to try and make it look realistic all the time, that's not very pleasant.
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I have no regrets about launching Salon. For the life of me, I can't imagine doing anything else.
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I am extremely proud of my service with the government and my efforts to help safeguard public health and protect our country against the scourge of offensive biological warfare.
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When I see a friend play Hamlet or see an inspirational performance, I absolutely get excited by the idea of changing things up.
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If you're beautiful, you're led to believe that you can't also be smart.
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I do believe very much in the idea of unexpected or 'convulsive' beauty - beauty in the service of liberty.
