Jack Vance Quotes
'Is this the conduct of a ‘sly and unpredictable villain’?''Decidedly so, if the villain, for the purposes of his joke, thinks to simulate the altruist.''Then how will you know villain from altruist?'Cugel shrugged. 'It is not an important distinction.'
Jack Vance
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There is such a thing as my kind of actor, and how well they pull off my dialogue is a very, very important part of it.
Quentin Tarantino
A lot of people try to paint this child actor stigma, but I always looked at it as a great opportunity.
Zachery Ty Bryan
In the CIA, they recruit you to be an officer, an ops officer, in part due to how well you cope with stress and how well you adapt to new situations.
Valerie Plame
I was considered an ugly duckling.
Eartha Kitt
When I turned 11, my dad decorated a room at the Standard hotel in Los Angeles in a '60s, Austin Powers style. There was human bowling: You run inside a giant inflatable ball and try to knock down pins. To this day, adults say it was one of the craziest parties they've ever been to.
Zoe Kravitz
My plan is just to love harder than I've ever loved before, hide nothing, and embrace that I'm an imperfect human being. Oh, and sadness - sadness is everything.
Sam Smith
When something is at risk or in danger or about to be lost, those are the moments you start to realize how much it means to you.
Garth Risk Hallberg
When I first decided to launch a clothing line, I was pregnant with my daughter Spencer-Margaret, so I looked for a retailer with values that mirrored my own growing family concerns. Kmart is a family store where value-conscious moms shop, so my partnership with Kmart seemed like a natural fit.
Jaclyn Smith
I was raised speaking English and Spanish. And I also speak Danish. And I can get by in French and Italian. I've acted in Spanish and English, but when something has to do with emotions, sometimes I feel I can get to the heart of the matter better in Spanish.
Viggo Mortensen
I thought I'd have a career playing women in the vein of Ruth Gordon, and we've seen that type almost disappear.
Parker Posey
Ulysses, obviously. It was an elaborate prank, and our supposed intellectual elite continue to fall for it.
Orson Scott Card
I do love traveling, so I've been able to travel a lot.
Taylor Lautner
I was a temp secretary for a long time, and I went at it with a passion, and I tried to do a nice job in all my jobs.
Ira Glass
The person who takes the oath of office in the next four months will shape not just the next four years, but the next forty years of our nation. In these next four years, we need proven leadership, proven judgment and proven values. America needs four more years of President Barack Obama.
Rahm Emanuel
Climate change is obviously happening and there is obviously a man-made contribution.
Owen Paterson
Horrors, I believe, should be original - the use of common myths and legends being a weakening influence.
H. P. Lovecraft
If my wife was to say, 'Honey, I'd like you to go to PSG', I would have to take it into account.
Eden Hazard
I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
Kate Walsh
It's always something that interests me, crafting a really perfect pop gem, but it's not a lifelong obsession. I've kind of moved beyond it. I think I needed to get that out of my system, to exorcise.
Nicholas Thorburn
Why are numbers so important? I take up a film I like, give it my best, and move on.
Vijay Sethupathi
The two most important people in animation are Winsor McCay and Walt Disney, and I'm not sure which should go first.
Chuck Jones
I think if the United States gave anything to culture at large in the 20th century, the most important contribution made was the popular song.
Linda Ronstadt
The law of tithing is one of the most important
ever revealed to man. . . . Through obeying
this law the blessings of prosperity and
success will be given to the Saints.
Lorenzo Snow
'Is this the conduct of a ‘sly and unpredictable villain’?''Decidedly so, if the villain, for the purposes of his joke, thinks to simulate the altruist.''Then how will you know villain from altruist?'Cugel shrugged. 'It is not an important distinction.'
Jack Vance
