Jack Vance Quotes
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So people think I'm lying about my age all the time? It's the records that are wrong. I've never told anyone how old I am. The minute they ask me, I say 'That's none of your business.' So that means I've never once lied about my age. Now that's true!
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Let a hundred flowers bloom.
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We must become more comfortable with probability and uncertainty.
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My father insisted that I and my sisters not be indoctrinated into any religion at any age.
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No critic writing about a film could say more than the film itself, although they do their best to make us think the oppposite.
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I hate running. I know I'm curvier - I know I'm small, but I'm not ripped. But I make a choice to be that way. I realize my arms aren't as toned as Halle Berry's but I don't want them to be.
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I grew up in a cloistered, conservative culture that adhered to strict gender roles. So it's easy to understand why the 'girl dressed as a boy' trope resonated so much. In a world that didn't want to give people like me adventures or significance, books with cross-dressing girls were treasures.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?
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If you respect a language and culture, it shows in your work.
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I'm not a good writer. It takes me a long time to get there. I write and then rewrite and revise and do it over and over until I'm satisfied.
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Exposing your ignorance is how you get somebody to embrace you.
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Dating is a numbers game. What we try to promise is good first dates. Once that first date happens, it's really up to you.
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Too often in our communities many families have not even been aware that certain charities exist; and at the same time, there are many who are willing to volunteer their energy and their resources to help these charities, yet they do not know these charities even exist.
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Basically, my idea and explorations on fashion have not changed; however, I believe I'm going state-of-the-art on fashion.
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In the early '90s, I was hired to write educational dramas about HIV and AIDS in the shantytowns. I did that for two and a half years, and then I was hired on other films. When 'Tsotsi' presented itself, I thought, 'This is not a world I grew up in, but I've spent a great deal of time writing about it and researching it in my past.'
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Many schools desperately need caring professionals like guidance counselors and social workers to ensure students' emotional, social and educational needs are met. But proposals to arm teachers are irresponsible and dangerous. The role of educators is to teach and nurture our children, not to be armed guards.
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When you sample something, you're using the crutch of borrowing chords and melodies from a song that's already great, that's already stood the test of time, that's already special. When you're trying to do it all from scratch, you're writing something brand new that has to stand on its own.
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Most of the competition was into bulk popcorn because of the major increases in the Drive-In Theatre Outlets.
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After something crystallizes, I can write ferociously and write novels in six months, which in the past would have taken me two years.
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I lost more then 6 kilograms when I ceased with the top sport. That were all muscles. They are now gone.
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The analysis of the thing is not the thing itself.
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Many, whose hearts are conquered by acute spite, roll out balanced tales from their own heart, which do not balance when you weigh words against deeds.
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Until work has reached its previous stage nympharium privileges are denied to all.
