Jack Vance Quotes
These are just the tip of the iceberg, because I read and read and read. I read everything.
Quotes to Explore
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Inflicting emotional distress has typically been treated as a civil action. How 'substantial' does the distress have to be for it to turn criminal?
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You know you've made your mark when you're on the cover of a videogame.
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Last year in a historic move, the state of New York passed the very first cigarette fire safety standard.
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I don't know what love means.
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We have four beautiful children and some wonderful memories.
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I just like music that I can relate to, something to listen to in my car.
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Anyone can go out on stage and start beating people over the head with rubber chickens. That'll get people's attention.
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Sob, heavy world Sob as you spin, Mantled in mist Remote from the happy.
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The 'We Have Overcome' generation has run out of intellectual creativity but refuses to leave the political stage.
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I loved Adam Sandler's early stuff. I thought it was so cool how irreverent and weird he would get.
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I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf.
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I was always taken in and out of school.
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I just don't know the art of making friends with girls. And that's the reason why I've never had a single girl as a friend. Also, I'm so engrossed in cricket that I've never found an opportunity to interact with girls very closely. In a way, it's better, as my mind doesn't get diverted!
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So, it's like: I'm an OK singer; I'm an OK guitar player and you put them together and... it's just OK.
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There's a great joy in my giving. It's thrilling. It's exhilarating. It's important to be a part of sharing. It is my love. It is my joy.
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D.C. is where I started. That's home for me. I always love coming back to the area. They treat me so well, and people show up. They're excited and claim me as their own. I love it.
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The right of petition is an old undoubted household right of the blood of England, which runs in our veins.
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I worked for Oprah Winfrey for two years right out of college in 2004. I was a director's assistant on the film 'Their Eyes Were Watching God,' which Oprah produced.
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Agathon: One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace. (tr. Athen. 1912, vol. 2, p. 278) (tr. O'Neill 1938, Perseus)
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It would be awesome to be so impressive that we could sway people to our way of thinking just by declaiming our thoughts, but probably most of us lack such gravitas. Luckily, there's something even better: evidence, logic, and argument.
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I remember seeing 'Gremlins' and having my mind blown and seeing 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' at 13, and it was this hugely aspirational experience.
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Did we miss out on a lot of targets? No. Was it disappointing? No.
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If you read our Founding Fathers, people like Benjamin Franklin and Jefferson - what we're doing now in this country is making them roll over in their graves.
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These are just the tip of the iceberg, because I read and read and read. I read everything.
