Jack Vance Quotes
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I believed I was invincible.
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I feel like I'm going backwards, actually, as I get older. I'm regressing. I feel more and more like a kid, which is kind of a fun feeling.
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I've learned in my life that it's important to be able to step outside your comfort zone and be challenged with something you're not familiar or accustomed to. That challenge will allow you to see what you can do.
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Acting is something different to everybody. I just know that if you watch an actor or actress getting better and better, I think that's them just understanding themselves better and better.
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I love going to concerts, so that whole environment is something that intrigues me anyway.
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I don't see a white woman. I see a black woman, even though my mother is white. Knowing that has made my life easier, I think.
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I want people to recognize me for the work I do now as a model, and not something I did three years ago.
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The only shoes that look futuristic are Crocs, but they would be terrible to use in a futuristic movie.
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I am thankful to the Nobel committee for recognising the plight of millions of children who are suffering in this modern age.
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You can't come into this world without becoming its victim.
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I always like to play roles where I either love the character or think that it's a story that I can tell better than anyone else. There are always reasons for me to do whatever I do.
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When I started in the mid-'90s, the goal was really to shoot for a film career and stay there.
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My hero is Michelle Williams, who I grew close to when we did 'Meek's Cutoff.' She's an extraordinary actor and mom.
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All my life, I heard, 'Stop daydreaming,' 'Get over yourself,' 'You'll never get there,' 'Aim lower,' 'You'll hurt yourself,' from teachers, family, and friends.
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You don't want the world destroyed, because, you know, that's where your shoes are.
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I'm a writer first and a singer second.
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There's a lot of conflict and darkness inside everybody's family. We all pretend to outsiders that it's not so, but behind locked doors, there are usually high emotions running.
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I am a firm believer that any legitimate government has to be based on rule of law and a recognition that all people are equal under the law.
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Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes.
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My whole life was service to people and the Fatherland.
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I grew up watching stand-ups and thought it was so entertaining and unique - you didn't see that as a job description anywhere.
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Too much zeal offends where indirection works.
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Since I was a child, I've liked telling stories. Maybe because my father's a director, I grew up loving stories. I'm not good at spinning them at a dinner table because I do go on a bit, but I love writing them, and directing is just a way of editing the story.
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'Let him talk as he will!' scoffed Zamp. 'His motives are not at all obscure.'
