Jack Vance Quotes
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The last suit that you wear, you don't need any pockets.
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There were high school coaches such as Charles Boston that took me under his wing and taught me the fundamentals of football. And when I went to college there was Robert Hill who took me there and he showed me what hard work and determination would do if you put forth the effort and you take a little time.
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He who prays five times a day is in the protection of God, and he who is protected by God cannot be harmed by anyone.
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My diet is very kale-heavy. It's so nutrient-dense. I stay away from fake processed stuff.
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If you hear me out, I believe you'll discover that what motivates me more than any other issue is the defense of everyone's rights.
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My mother's a... beautiful woman, and I think, in some way, I felt intimidated by that sometimes.
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I came to Los Angeles only after filming 'A Good Day to Die Hard,' when I was cast in the independent movie 'Delirium.' Director Lee Roy Kunz was looking everywhere for a Russian actress. He saw my photos, and only then he learned where I starred before! Eventually, I spent several months in the U.S., and we made the film quickly.
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I think that it helps that I have acted. That said, it doesn't mean you're going to be a good director.
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Horror movies can be - I don't wanna say not real, but so over-the-top: you can get scared 'cos things are loud and in-your-face, but these are real emotions that I'm using.
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Sometimes you have to take a half step back to take two forward.
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My satisfaction comes from my commitment to advancing a better world.
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Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.
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You want to throw yourself in as many uncomfortable places as possible, if you want to build muscles in uncomfortable parts of your body and grow as an artist.
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Mr. Salteena was an elderly man of 42 and was fond of asking peaple to stay with him.
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… when we place our hope in worldly vanities, in money, in success. Then the Word of God says to us: 'Why do you seek the living among the dead?'. Why are you searching there? That thing cannot give you life! Yes, perhaps it will cheer you up for a moment, for a day, for a week, for a month … and then?
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It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.
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In China, there is a long history of the government not revealing information, so it’s difficult for the Chinese people to ever know the truth. It is vital that we try to bring that truth to life.
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There are directors you never, ever want to get close to. Lubitsch was one. Outside of the work, I don't think I ever said five words to him. Mamet was pretty much the same thing. His mind is working all the time.
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There are two worlds here in the U.S., especially here in Los Angeles. All the Latinos have watched my shows for 30 years, but Americans haven't seen them. So I am living in this world where I am a huge star for part of the population and a nobody to the other part.
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My chutzpah was me singing to Mario Lanza. So Mario looked at me after I talk-sang 'Be My Love' for the first time; he took the lyric out of my hand as contemptuously as you can take a lyric out of someone's hand, and he sang 'Be My Love' back at me.
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There is always the need to carry on.
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Like most Chinese, I am basically a fatalist - too sophisticated for religion and too superstitious to deny the gods.
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You can't improvise if you are tense. Or thinking too much. You have to really let it go.
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A notable scheme has occurred to me.
