Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
We must not dwell on what we were in our salad days when soup days steam now upon the table!
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I'm from a very close-knit family, and there was something very... I guess you could say normal, about it, and I so appreciate that. We all ate dinner together every single night, and my mom stayed at home with us. I owe a lot to my parents.
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People think I am America's party girl, which is just stupid. I have done 24 movies and I am creating my own TV show.
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Better treatment and detection methods have also improved the survival rate for people with cancer, and for the first time in history, this year the absolute number of cancer deaths in the U.S. has decreased.
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The neighbors could be as mad as they want, but I'm not running a business at the house. It's just a location. It will never get me out of here, because I don't have offices set up at my house, and that's what the township thinks.
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To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
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Manners is the key thing. Say, for instance, when you're growing up, you're walking down the street, you've got to tell everybody good morning. Everybody. You can't pass one person.
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I loved school so much that most of my classmates considered me a dork.
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My dad's a firefighter, so I know what it's like for policemen and firefighters to be on their own on Christmas Day.
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I'm a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
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Well, we spend an awful lot of our time working and doing experiments. It's very busy up on the shuttle.
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Poetry is also the physical self of the poet, and it is impossible to separate the poet from his poetry.
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I think cameras ought to be everywhere the reporters are allowed to go. I think, furthermore, reporters and cameras ought to be everywhere that the Constitution says the public can go.
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A cause may be inconvenient, but it's magnificent. It's like champagne or high heels, and one must be prepared to suffer for it.
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We need to ensure that our voice is heard in the process because obviously we do have different views and we can't always accept fait d' accompli positions when they clearly don't reflect the view of our constituents.
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I think each of us can, through our writing, discover our super power.
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Jason Randal is without a doubt the finest in the world at what he does!
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I can't even begin to entertain another wrestler's perception of me if they don't understand what my fans look for in me. I'm different; I'm different.
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Some days, just occasionally, when I've had just one too many chickpeas, drizzles of olive oil or chunks of feta, I crave a return to the sushi-filled joints of Tokyo.
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The Holocaust movie is almost a genre in itself these days.
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Where the roots of private virtue are diseased, the fruit of public probity cannot but be corrupt.
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We must not dwell on what we were in our salad days when soup days steam now upon the table!
