Jeff Vandermeer Quotes

'Borne,' in a weird way, even though it's a totally different universe, picks up where the 'Southern Reach Trilogy' leaves off, because it's post-apocalyptic.

Jeff Vandermeer

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In any field, find the strangest thing and then explore it.

John Archibald Wheeler

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If people think of public art as something the public decides, it's impossible to make anything of substance.

Robert Graham

ArtPeopleImpossibleThinkAnything

I've told so many lies about my age I don't know how old I am myself.

Ruby Wax

AgeMyselfI AmKnowOldLies

Everyone wants to be loved; everyone wants to know where they're going in life; everyone wants to have a sense of direction and feel the next day is going to be better than today. We just all deal with it in a different way.

Jason Reitman

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My parents were active in the anti-war movement in the 1960s, so I grew up with a tradition of civic activism around our dinner table and going to different marches for different causes.

Jared Polis

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The best comedy audiences in the country and this is tried and true, I'm not just saying it, in my opinion are Boston, Atlanta, and Chicago.

Denis Leary

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I loved playing a dramatic role. There's a side of me a lot of people don't know, and when I do dramatic roles, it just all comes out.

Bow Wow

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I once had this massacred afro in third grade. Parts were bigger than others. It was just terrible.

Brittany Howard

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My parents have always been incredibly supportive. Even when I dropped out of high school, they said, 'We trust you, we believe in you.'

Philipp Meyer

TrustSchoolParentsBelieveYou

Priests and pastors are probably the most stereotyped characters in film and television, and the reason why, I think, is that most people don't know one. Most writers who work in Hollywood don't know any.

Scott Derrickson

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I'd fired anyone who was involved with Creed. I didn't want anything to do with the music business. The entire press and industry hated me, so what was the point?

Scott Stapp

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I share certain conservative values, but I also believe there is a certain humanity in the basic way you treat people.

Ryan Frazier

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