Jack Vance Quotes
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
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Nobody is making Americans buy Chinese goods.
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There is a recurring temptation for any nation, and for any writer who operates within its field of force, to make an ornament of the past: to turn the losses to victories and to restate humiliations as triumphs.
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In case of doubt, do a little more than you have to.
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Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.
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Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.
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I always like to sing along to some depressing, angry Morrissey.
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I do constantly get to change the way I look, which is sort of an old-school idea of acting.
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I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.
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I believe in helping young people rock causes they care about because I was one of those young people... a long time ago.
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The child is pronounced pretty. I think it quite otherwise.
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We need to change America's image round the world. America has lost some lustre in terms of how folks aspire to be like us.
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I really appreciate family. I really can't imagine life without them!
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My parents would have loved it if my brother or I had become a doctor or lawyer.
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I am deeply aware of the dimension of luck. It's so important to be prepared to receive it, but it is a major factor. There's no question.
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I started out doing musicals.
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The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced that the voting public is, too. They count on outrage, thereby spreading numbness. They cherish the prospect of partisan fury, thereby inspiring nonpartisan disgust.
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There's always that stigma of, 'Women shouldn't box,' or stereotypes of what a female boxer should look like. I don't think the men really have to deal with that - to tell people they're a boxer.
Mandy Bujold
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I don't think anyone masters parenthood.
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I wasn't very ambitious as a child. I'm still not.
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Humility is a great quality of leadership which derives respect and not just fear or hatred.
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Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.
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I fear, Master Zamp, that you are a victim to your own perfervid imagination.
