Jeff Vandermeer Quotes
The music I listen to while writing is really scene-specific. It's just a great motivator, a way to put myself in the mood.
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The next phase of the journey is to move from speculation to actual use cases - people getting into Bitcoin because they want to use it.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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Is there any more encouraging sign than to see an Indian, who has never been to a university, like our friend Mr. Asutosh Dey here, for example, carrying out original work and finding it recognized by the foremost societies of the world?
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The vampires in the 'VAMPS' series judge each other as harshly as they judge humans, and basically, vampires don't get along very well. So you've got a culture that's from cradle to grave like the worst high school you've ever been in.
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I played small forward on the basketball team. I also ran the 300 hurdles.
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The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.
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I met Bon Jovi on the way to Washington, D.C. I think I called him Jon Jovi. Ugghhhh. I just smiled and pretended it didn't happen. I love him and his wife; they're so sweet. I was very nervous.
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If you're not riddled with doubt, you've probably done something wrong.
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Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.
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The secret to everything for me is doing yoga every day. It does do nice things for your body, but it also kind of calms you down and chills you out. Other than that, I don't really drink alcohol and I always take my makeup off at night!
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Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.
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The vegetable life does not content itself with casting from the flower or the tree a single seed, but it fills the air and earth with a prodigality of seeds, that, if thousands perish, thousands may plant themselves, that hundreds may come up, that tens may live to maturity; that, at least one may replace the parent.
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You don't have to feel confident to act confident. In fact, it's the most important acting job you can learn.
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I've never been one for crushing on famous people.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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Of course it's fantastic to have bands formed in garages, but there is a market for other types of music.
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A man's kiss is his signature.
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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
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I'm not a big reggae dude. I have maybe two other reggae albums.
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I'm against all of us looking homogenous, where there's only one kind of a template of a person.
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Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination.
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No great advance has been made in science, politics, or religion without controversy.
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I actually didn't listen to the Beatles song 'Nowhere Man' when I was writing my book of the same name. What I listened to a lot was 'Abbey Road.' Its disjointedness and its readiness to confuse only to delight were inspiring to me.
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The music I listen to while writing is really scene-specific. It's just a great motivator, a way to put myself in the mood.
