Vance Packard Quotes
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Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.
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You CAN have it all. You just can't have it all at once.
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Thanks to the Japanese and Geronimo, John Wayne became a millionaire.
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When you are dining with a demon, you got to have a long spoon.
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You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.
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I've just come back from Mississippi and over there when you talk about the West Bank they think you mean Arkansas.
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The beautiful thing about working with new instruments is that you sort of approach it with a fresh perspective.
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If you're going on a plane journey, you're more likely to take one of my stories than 'Finnegan's Wake.'
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Anything that's given to you can be taken away from you at any time.
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When you negotiate with terrorists, you get more terror.
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When you do scenes that are just exposition, they feel false.
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If you're human, you've had phases in your life when things are in flux.
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You can't try to be authentic. You either are or you aren't.
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You are just your intelligence.
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In sport, if you want to be the best you have to compete against the best - I would much rather have come tenth and be judged against everyone than come first and be judged against just a few.
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We must recognize our own behavioral errors. To be blunt, you are not likely to become a cognitive Zen master anytime soon. But a little enlightenment could keep you from making some common investing errors.
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When there's an authentic mystery, as opposed to just a question being asked, that's what makes you lean forward.
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You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
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I've experienced poverty and plenty, and there's a lesson to be learned when you're brought up in poverty.
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I've always been a feminist, and what I love in my work is being able to explore a full-sided woman and not patronize her.
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I have a drum set in my dressing room. I play drums to relax and have some fun.
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I have a lot of breast cancer history on my mother's side of the family.
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Always, in every human action, there are leaders.
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You can't tell a millionaire's son from a billionaire's.