Jack Vance Quotes
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There's something scary about acting always, because basically you do all this work in a vacuum, and then suddenly there's a lot of money spent making a film, and there's suddenly a camera here, going, 'Right? What are you gonna do?'
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The magical and fantastical isn't something I'm uncomfortable with in books, and I chafe slightly at the idea that a purely realist novel somehow has more value.
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Weezer's 'El Scorcho.' I'm in a '90s cover band called 'Straight 2 Video' with members of the crew from 'The Vampire Diaries,' and we played this song at our wrap party. I grin from ear to ear every time I scream this song in my car.
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With the changing economy, no one has lifetime employment. But community colleges provide lifetime employability.
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A wedding is a funeral where you smell your own flowers.
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American time has stretched around the world. It has become the dominant tempo of modern history, especially of the history of Europe.
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I guess I've always been really attracted to period pieces and always felt visually I was probably more made for the '50s or the early '60s than I am for a modern day.
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The establishment of Zionist regime was a move by the world oppressor against the Islamic world.
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It is true that in France, women put on less things. If they have a necklace, they don't put on earrings; if they have nail polish, they don't put on all their rings and all their bracelets.
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In a strange kind of way I know were really popular and probably the biggest band in the country at the moment, but at the same time there is this real cult thing going on.
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The San Gabriel monument expands our natural heritage, but there is more in need of safeguarding - extraordinary places like Utah's Greater Canyonlands.
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Our nation was built by pioneers - pioneers who accepted untold risks in pursuit of freedom, not by pioneers seeking offshore profits at the expense of American workers here at home.
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I've built employee perks programs before and it's impossible to manually build a program that makes everyone happy. I'd make a deal with one gym then hear about another gym an employee would prefer. As a small business owner, I didn't have the time or leverage to negotiate and manage dozens of vendor relationships.
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In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and clothes and even handbags, the discussion of fur is childish.
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I understand those who don't like me.
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Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other.
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The power of the word in Morocco belonged to men and to the authorities. No one asked the point of view of poor people or women.
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Rooting from the sidelines is the most democratic of sporting rites: no skyboxes, no tickets required, just an unabashed will to holler and wave.
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I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
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I never wanted to be one of those 'Where are they now?' kids.
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Judiciary is where my passion is.
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We still need to be conscious of the fact that Russia has intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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There's a certain level of pageantry with 'Idol,' and in order to work the show, you kind of have to feed into it.
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But I've sure worked at jobs where I have been under inspection.
