Jack Vance Quotes
'If ambush I must, then ambush I will,' Aillas muttered to himself. 'A fig for chivalry, at least until the war is won.'
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With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.
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I suspect I am like most people on the Internet in that I sign up for all sorts of sites and frequently use the same passwords.
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In writing about Harold and Maureen with their terrible unspoken secret, and all those people that Harold meets as he walks to save a friend's life, I was trying to celebrate the ordinary people.
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People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
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If you have multiples of anything, you have the possibility of repetition. Repetition creates pattern and also unity. Put anyone in a room with a pile of similar objects and say, 'I want a pattern by 3 P.M. or no dinner.' Anyone would come up with a design. It is easy, fun and available to anybody. Most people just don't have the nerve.
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I win by submissions, knockouts. There's guys ranked above me, but no one's interested in seeing them fight. They want to see me fight.
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If I could gain 1,000 pounds and be healthy, I would love to do that.
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When I wake up at 5 in the morning is it just to jog? Definitely not, I give it all of my efforts.
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I don't think of reflection on dark things as necessarily dark.
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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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Israel has a fantastic film industry, and many times we are known for our political films or films that have to do with the army. I love the fact that we can show that there are films coming out of Israel that are just for fun.
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It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.
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The fashion industry certainly has its obscene sides. The cost of a coat can be obscene. So can the cost of a photo shoot if you're working with a really good photographer.
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Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.
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You know, my faith is one that admits some doubt.
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Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
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I always wondered what it would be like to have a normal childhood.
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Every guy should own one good pair of jeans.
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I draw every day - unless I'm being interviewed.
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The more you love a person, you more you should respect that person. Encourage her to be the best she can be, and you'll both be happier.
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You already know I desire that neither Father or Mother shall be in want of any comfort either in health or sickness while they live.
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The resolution has made a real threat of war go away and opens the way for further work in the interests of a political- diplomatic settlement of the situation around Iraq.
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Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year.
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'If ambush I must, then ambush I will,' Aillas muttered to himself. 'A fig for chivalry, at least until the war is won.'
