Jeff Vandermeer Quotes
Heroes aren't always people who save others in the normal sense. Sometimes they're people who keep trying even when things seem impossible.
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The best relationship is one that does not foster too much independence nor too much dependence, but exists in the healthy interdependence zone.
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I drink a fair amount of ramen noodles.
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Linda Hunt is so good and so sweet. She is a Tony Award nominee and won an Oscar. Pearls just come out of her mouth.
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And in the Second World War, you didn't just read about it in the newspapers because you weren't allowed to read it in the newspapers. It was all censored, you know? So nobody knew what we were doing.
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We can have a World War, I see absolutely no reason why we shouldn't have a World Party.
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You have to find something there that relates to the characters and reality on some level.
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There's a pleasure in being reminded of the value of ordinary life.
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The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.
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You have to relish the challenge of television.
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I'm not a Democrat.
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After the second and final time that I got hugely fat in my life and when I lost that weight six or seven years ago, I pretty much decided that I was going to stay in decent shape for the rest of my life.
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I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the world, considering us as a civilized and a Christian country, that we deny the advantages of learning to women.
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I had to start being aware of what I ate, what I'm planning to eat and take my twice-daily medication accordingly. That's not so difficult now, but when you're 10 years old, it's tough, let me tell you.
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Actors don't have real value.
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The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.
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It's very little trouble for me to accommodate my fans, unless I'm actually taking a pee at the time.
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The biggest kick I get is to communicate with those who are exiled from the game - in hospitals, homes, prisons - those who have seldom seen a game, who can't travel to a game, those who are blind.
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Take the time today to understand your contribution to any bad event you've just been through.
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In Cuba I have always understood harsh treatment of dissenting voices as stemming from a 'siege situation' imposed upon it from outside. And I believe that to a certain extent that is true.
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart.
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To make the material speak to man in the name of man, this is the aim and reality of art.
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We're able to play different genres and be very specific in sounding like we know what we're doing.
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I've consciously tried not to romanticize anything, especially not intelligence work. I've always said that I've been writing a series of episodic, naturalistic novels. The people just happen to be spies, politicians, civil servants.
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Heroes aren't always people who save others in the normal sense. Sometimes they're people who keep trying even when things seem impossible.
