Jack Vance Quotes
Roger tried to find out all about her: he wanted, in one brief hour, to make up for a lifetime of non-acquaintance, a lifetime for all practical purposes wasted.
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The 1992 crisis proved that the existing system was unstable. Not moving forward to the euro would have set up Europe for even more disruptive crises.
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My nursery school did a production of 'The Three Little Pigs.' I played the third pig. When the wolf knocked on my door, I refused to get up and answer it because, to me, he was knocking the wrong way. I just lay there, snoring away on stage, fully immersed in my character. My dad turned to my mom and said: 'Dustin Hoffman.'
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I haven't got a waist. I've just got a sort of place, a bit like an unmarked level crossing.
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Sometimes the kids come up with better endings than the real story.
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Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.
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I read a lot of comic books and any kind of thing I could find. One day, a teacher found me. She grabbed my comic book and tore it up. I was really upset, but then she brought in a pile of books from her own library. That was the best thing that ever happened to me.
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I grew up in North Carolina. My father was a salesperson; he sold textiles.
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Every little girl looks up to her mom so much - that's your first hero.
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I'm a stand-up comic. I'm always doing dates; it's just that, if I'm working on a project or I'm busy, I can't get out on the road or book any shows. Since the beginning of my career, I'm usually out for at least 10-15 dates throughout the year. If I have time, then I try to get at least 30-40 dates.
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It was a great time to grow up in Chicago. It was the mid-'80s, and we had the '85 Bears and the Michael Jordan era.
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You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning.
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If we were motivated by money, we would have sold the company a long time ago and ended up on a beach.
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So many people try to grow up too fast, and it's not fun! You should stay a kid as long as possible!
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I grew up around backstage, and that clinched it for me.
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I pick up my pen. It flows. A building appears. There it is. There is nothing more to say.
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Both my grandmothers had upright pianos, and I just knew how to play since I was a child. Nobody taught me. I sounded like a grown-up, and then I learned how to read music. I played so well by ear I could fool the teacher to believe I could play the notes. She'd make the mistake of playing the song once, and I could play it.
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Declaring independence was the most traumatic decision I had to live up to. Because I didn't want to do it.
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I enjoy learning about different periods and people, and then taking what's universal about the human condition and seeing where it matches up. No matter where you are, certain things unite everybody.
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I had a wonderful life and was blessed with so many loving people and great friends.
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People don't necessarily identify me with doing adult things.
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Land is the only thing in the world that amounts to anything, for 'Tis the only thing in this world that lasts, 'Tis the only thing worth working for, worth fighting for - worth dying for.
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....it is not wise to keep the fire going under a slander unless you can get some large advantage out of keeping it alive. Few slanders can stand the wear of silence.
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I want to stand by my country, but I cannot vote for war.
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Roger tried to find out all about her: he wanted, in one brief hour, to make up for a lifetime of non-acquaintance, a lifetime for all practical purposes wasted.
