Jack Vance Quotes
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As an actress, I think it's important to look back and realize that we aren't always quite as original as we think we are. There's this grand, textured history for us over the last 100 years of incredible writers, directors, and performers.
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I've always wanted my own fragrance; Avon pairs with the way I think: what they do and represent, what they do for women, and the good causes such as domestic violence, and breast cancer.
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I'm a little angry in life.
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I am a very selfish person.
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One of the signs of a bad coworker is a pattern of persistent undermining - intentionally hindering a colleague's success, reputation, or relationships.
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I'm constantly coming up with new strategies for getting to the mental place where writing is so joyous and playful that I almost can't help putting the words down.
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I'm a stand-up. I'm never worried about getting my next role. That's never distressing to me.
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I used to be teased for the way I wore my hair at school. I used to do things like wear a different-colored sock on each leg.
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A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing.
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I hate to sound sort of diffident about it but it strikes me that a lot of people on the right have got active lives and are doing other things.
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The Disney deal for us, we are very excited to be their Pay 1 partner, where we are a big licensing partner of Disney all over the world in all different windows.
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Think about Medusa, with the snakes. If you shoot a movie in Europe, the financiers are three snakes, and they all have opinions. In Hollywood there are, like, 20 snakes.
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I think it is quite untrue that it is standard journalistic practice to name the interviewer when quoting from an interview.
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I've been taught in my life that you can have plans, but you can't count on them.
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It's critical that the manager has the respect of players so he can make the moves that he feels is appropriate without having somebody go to the papers. They respect you. So you respect them back.
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Don't take for granted that the worthiness of your cause will win you allies; bring it down to a scale that people can relate to.
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It's kind of bittersweet. The human spirit is not measured by the size of the act, but by the size of the heart.
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Acting is a really strange thing to do; it's very strange.
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And sometimes when you're onYou're really fucking onAnd your friends they sing along And they love youBut the lows are so extremeThat the good seems fucking cheapAnd it teases you for weeks in its absence
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You have to learn certain skills to present magic.
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Better beware of notions like genius and inspiration; they are a sort of magic wand and should be used sparingly by anybody who wants to see things clearly.
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I think what is nice about 'Elf,' and why it doesn't play as one long sketch, is that the character actually grows up during the course of the film. It's not just a character that you can keep checking in on and keep doing sketches about. It's a story. I'm pretty proud of how we told it.
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Mischief moves somewhere near and I must blast it with my magic!
