Mat Kearney

You write these songs which are really dear to you about your family or friends, loved ones, and then you get this call, and they say, 'It's perfect for two vampires making out in the back of a car.' It's some random TV show, and so I say, 'Oh, yeah, perfect - that's what I meant it for.

American Musician

Michael Ealy

I've always thought vampires were interesting because they live forever, they're always well-financed, they dress well, you know what I mean? And they're, like, cool. Usually vampire - you've never seen a broke vampire. Have you?

American Actor

Alexandra Cassavetes

People are fascinated with eternal life and physical power - the idea of having no vulnerability. We all feel small and powerless in the world at times, so the temptation to be a vampire is compelling.

American Actress

Charlaine Harris

America is obsessed with youth. We all want to look young forever, and vampires do. They are caught in their prime, if that's when they've been turned. And they'll be that way forever.

American Author

Bela Lugosi

The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but it was a success.

Austrian Actor

Jessica Clark

Vampires are so sexy and powerful - they're so otherworldly; they have eternal life and youth.

British Actress

Michael Sheen

I'm a big fan of vampire movies generally and that sort of tradition of characters.

Welsh Actor

Manolo Blahnik

I'm like an old vampire, so it's important to talk to young people.

Spanish Designer

Denis O'Hare

I read 'Dracula' in high school. I've been around vampires forever.

Nelsan Ellis

At some point in my life, I wanted to be in a vampire movie.

Understand that 'vampire' originally comes from folklore and represents evil and fear.

Folklore Origins

'Vampire' often appears in fictional stories like novels, movies, and TV shows.

Fictional Entities

In conversation, 'vampire' can describe someone who drains others' energy or resources.

Metaphorical Use

'Vampire' is used figuratively to indicate someone exploiting others without providing anything in return.

Figurative Expression

Using 'vampire' to describe a person has negative connotations and should be used carefully.

Negative Connotation

When referring to 'vampire bats', it's about the animal, not the mythical creature.

Animal Reference

'Vampire' describes the bat's natural behavior of feeding on blood, not fictional behavior.

Natural Behavior

This use of 'vampire' is a playful way to describe a nocturnal lifestyle.

Lifestyle Hint

'Vampire' can hint at unusual sleeping patterns out of necessity or preference.

Sleeping Patterns

 You've got things like vampire bats, of course, which also have a venom side from sucking blood. But they're quite rare, not many more. Well you've got Lorises, for example, and they've got the kind of toxin gland under their armpits. And they're able to harvest the venom in their teeth, Which is pretty impressive.

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 and take four tubes of blood. And now you want me to give up this money and ship it to a stranger? So this was the birth of vampire economics. Make a decision and give me some blood. So in fact, experimental economists had run this test around the world, and for much higher stakes,

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 because it lives about half a mile deep in the ocean where the light is very dim we took these pictures from a deep diving robotic submarine and you can see the reflection of our lights in that beautiful blue eye the vampire squid has eight long arms and a long curly strand

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 There you release the other kidnapped numbers and confront the vampire himself. He’s powerless before the slayers, but ever the pacifists, they round him up, return the lifeforce to his victims, and send him packing. Numberland is safe... for now.

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 in the atacama desert george has called in wildlife camerawoman sophie darlington her thermal camera will be able to capture the vampire bats feeding what we need to do to nail it is to see them feeding that's that would be extraordinary

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 her blood out into a beaker but why he said that he was a vampire and that he drank up the blood the nightmare continued for hours in between feedings the kidnapper kept her handcuffed in the bathtub it was through

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 column in a sort of symmetrical position. Vampire squid was one of them. Massive eyes. Extraordinary, absolutely extraordinary. They often do have massive eyes, don't they in the deep sea, because it is so dark

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 in the atacama desert george has called in wildlife camerawoman sophie darlington her thermal camera will be able to capture the vampire bats feeding what we need to do to nail it is to see them feeding

Vampire Bats feeding on...

 but vampire bats can be a great help to humans. A chemical known as desmoteplase found in vampire bat saliva helps break down blood clots, and is being tested by recovering stroke victims.

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 Good evening! What's the matter? Are you afraid of vampires? He he, no need to worry, I'm not staying for dinner. I'm here to guide you through a brief history of vampires,