Jack Vance Quotes
The mind was a marvellous instrument, thought Shimrod; when left to wander untended, it often arrived at curious destinations.
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Fortunately, in the place where I went out, they had set up a little previously a fence which prevented me finally from smashing against trees. I went out with a broken leg only. A small price to be paid at the time for an accident of this kind.
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
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I do not believe in any legacy. The past is dead and gone.
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I have received nasty e-mails, messages on Twitter and ridiculous comments, not only about my size, but my family.
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I like to play table tennis, spend time with my kids.
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To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!
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Any film is about heroism: the triumph of good over evil. If you look back at my films, you will see that as a recurring theme.
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Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.
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I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make.
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I have only so many foreign-language neurons. When I learned Spanish, that displaced whatever Irish was left, and then I learned German, and that displaced the Spanish, and when I learned Serbo-Croatian, that displaced the German. So I'm a bit of a muddle.
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The whole of society is like a cabbage-stalk covered with caterpillars, and none is satisfied till it has crawled to the top.
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You think you would react one way when a situation develops and, and when the sharp shells are flying, you don't quite stand up like you think you might.
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Nine months after we submitted the original screenplay for 'The Attack,' the studio that was involved pulled out. I've been told that 'you don't write in a French way; you can't make these multicultural films.'
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I went to acting school, but only for nine months. If you're an actor, you know, don't really need to learn how to do it.
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I was definitely nervous for the combine. You train for three months to go out there and perform for three days.
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Our atheism family tradition is traced to a - I don't know if it was great-great or a great-great-great grandmother who was a poor Irish-American woman in the 1880s in western Montana.
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Patients know in a heartbeat if they're getting a clumsy exam.
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Gossip is what you say about the objects of flattery when they aren't present.
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I think trust is the most important thing. If the actors and the director and the crew trust each other and you set up perimeters and boundaries, you give everyone space to do great work.
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Dad was a passionate sailor, and he taught me.
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Put Israel back into international isolation ... and cause friction with the United States -- our great friend -- and hostility with Europe.
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We all have different perspectives on the world. I'm a woman. I live in Chicago. I'm gay.
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An actor should be judged by his performance only.
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The mind was a marvellous instrument, thought Shimrod; when left to wander untended, it often arrived at curious destinations.
