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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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'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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My stories are not Christianized at all. I don't even have any Christians in my stories. What they are, are stories about ordinary people going through extraordinary circumstances in which I'm exploring truth. How light overcomes darkness in a way that's unmistakable to anyone who has any kind of faith.
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I like to post positive content, and I like to try and make people smile. That's why those videos are popular. I don't fake it.
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People may get tired of hearing from me, but I don't think I'll ever run out of things that I want to write about.
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It seems to me that an unjust law is no law at all.
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Some people would say I've made it now.
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The Savior accomplished the Atonement, which resolves the most terrible burdens that can occur in this life.
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I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.
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I fear, Master Zamp, that you are a victim to your own perfervid imagination.
