Victor LaValle Quotes

I was dressed like Darth Vader. Vader was my man, even with the villainy. He wore all black and had a deep voice; he reminded me of my uncle. I had a cheap mask-cape combo, the kind available at any pharmacy during October.

Victor LaValle

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 3, 1972

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ManMeVoiceDeepBlackUncle

Engage your brain before you engage your weapon.

Jim Mattis

BrainYouEngageWeaponYourBefore

Everyone starts a film thinking that it would be a big hit. But sometimes it goes haywire.

Anil Kapoor

ThinkingSometimesEveryoneBigFilm

'The Prince's blunt candor has been a scandal for 500 years. The book was placed on the Papal Index of banned books in 1559, and its author was denounced on the Elizabethan stages of London as the 'Evil Machiavel.' The outrage has not dimmed with time.

Michael Ignatieff

TimeEvilBookLondonYearsBlunt

I think it's good that I had some experience of the real world before I became successful. You know, having to get up in the morning and going to work in construction.

Tom Jones

WorkGoodMorningExperienceWorld

The 2016 presidential election is ripe for the emergence of a game-changing political leader who either dramatically reforms one of the existing parties or mounts an independent bid.

Ron Fournier

LeaderPoliticalElectionIndependent

I'm not sure that niceness is what we should promote in writers.

Lorrie Moore

SureShouldPromoteWriters

In politics, victory is never total.

Donald Freed

PoliticsVictoryNeverTotal

It's not a problem taking out someone who wants your people dead. That's not a problem at all.

Chris Kyle

PeopleSomeoneProblemDeadOutWho

When a woman isn't beautiful, people always say, 'You have lovely eyes, you have lovely hair.'

Anton Chekhov

BeautifulEyesWomanPeopleHair

Yeah, the whole 'One Tree Hill' experience made me realize I wanna write, and produce, and direct as well as act. I'm interested in all facets of the industry.

Ashley Rickards

TreeExperienceMeHillWriteAct

Bereavement is the sharpest challenge to our trust in God; if faith can overcome this, there is no mountain which it cannot remove.

William Inge

GodFaithChallengeTrustMountain

I come from a family that has been here for almost 200 years. My ancestors started a very dangerous gunpowder business in 1802, and my great- grandfather and his father were both killed in gunpowder explosions.

Pete du Pont

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