Karl Marx
Philosopher, Economist
"Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks."
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Johnny Depp
Actor, Producer
"Over the years all these vampire movies have come out and nobody looks like a vampire anymore."
Joseph Morgan
Actor
"Vampires are a genre now."
Calvin Trillin
Author, Humorist
"Following the Rumanian tradition, garlic is used in excess to keep the vampires away... Following the Jewish tradition, a dispenser of schmaltz (liquid chicken fat) is kept on the table to give the vampires heartburn if they get through the garlic defense."
Joseph Morgan
Actor
"Interview with a Vampire' made vampires sexy."
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"Crosses only scare vampires away because they're allergic to bullshit."
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"All I'm saying is that sooner of later, you'll have to come to terms with yourself. You can't wish away the vampire in you, and you shouldn't keep atoning for it. You should figure out who you are and what you need, and then don't apologize for it. Not to me, to your mum, or to anyone."
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"There are many vampires in the world today - you only have to think of the film business."
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"Film spectators are quiet vampires."
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"If there is in this world a well-attested account, it is that of vampires. Nothing is lacking: official reports, affidavits of well-known people, of surgeons, of priests, of magistrates; the judicial proof is most complete. And with all that, who is there who believes in vampires?"
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"There is a certain swagger with vampires."
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"What I'm working on now - I'm back to fantasy, although considering that it's me, I'm turning it into a kind of science fantasy. It's a vampire story - but my vampires are biological vampires. They didn't become vampires because someone bit them; they were born that way."
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"The only thing more dangerous then a vampire crazed with blood lust was a vampire crazed with anything else. All the meticulous single-mindedness that went into finding young women who slept with their bedroom window open got channeled into some other interest, with merciless and painstaking efficiency."
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"It's almost as if we each have a vampire inside us. Controlling that beast, that dark side, is what fascinates me."
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"Buffy the Vampire Slayer showed the whole world, and an entire sprawling industry, that writing monsters and demons and end-of-the-world is not hack-work, it can challenge the best. Joss Whedon raised the bar for every writer - not just genre or niche writers, but every single one of us."
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"But it's daylight," she said at last. "Vampires can't go out in the sun, everyone knows that!" Bones chuckled. "Right And we shrink back from crosses, can't travel over water, and always get staked in the end by the righteous slayer. Really, who'd be afraid of a creature like that? All you'd need is a Bible, a tanning bed, and some holy water to send us shivering to our dooms."
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"As a child, I certainly had a fascination with monsters and vampires."
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"Following the Romanian tradition, garlic is used in excess to keep the vampires away."
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"Say goodbye to the energy vampires in your life (the negative souls who steal your enthusiasm)."
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"The show [ Vampire Diaries] knows how to keep people on the edge of their seat, that's for sure."
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"Like some kind of particularly tenacious vampire the short story refuses to die, and seems at this point in time to be a wonderful length for our generation."
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"First bubble baths. Now Disney parks. You're shattering every creep vampire myth I've ever heard."
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"Vampires are immortal, you can do whatever you want, and get away with it. And there's the seduction part of course, sex is a big part of the vampire thing."
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"It turns out dentists don't like it very much when you show up for a cleaning in full vampire gear."
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"I certainly believe that what we perceive as humans is just the tip of the iceberg. I don't necessarily believe in vampires or werewolves or that kind of thing, but I believe there is definitely a realm we don't necessarily have access to."
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