Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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If we change the definition of marriage to be more inclusive, then it is logical to argue that we should broaden the definition so that won't exclude anyone.
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If you have a happy home, everything is sorted, I guess.
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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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Oracle's latest database, version 12c, was specifically designed for the cloud. Oracle 12c makes all your Oracle applications multitenant applications without you having to make any changes whatsoever to your applications.
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Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places.
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You can't try to be authentic. You either are or you aren't.
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I have worked steadily since I started, but things are very hard for women and need to change.
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Roosevelt was the one who had the vision to change our policy from isolationism to world leadership. That was a terrific revolution. Our country's never been the same since.
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I'll give you my answer calmly and sensibly, my final answer. My final answer is finally no. The answer is no! Absolutely and finally no! Finally and positively no! No! No! No! N - O!
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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You can't reorder any society from outside. You can help from within.
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That's how you live. You participate. You take risks.
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I was pretty much a hippie. I was a vegetarian, gypsy-like. I liked to meditate, and it's curious because I was very much attracted to the possibility of change.
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You're terrified that nothing will ever give you the fulfillment that dancing has given you.
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With twelve horse power at our command, we considered that we could permit the weight of the machine with operator to rise to 750 or 800 pounds, and still have as much surplus power as we had originally allowed for in the first estimate of 550 pounds.
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I come from a culture where you don't divide it up to what you can do on TV and what you can do on film.
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You dread that there will be real problems during filming.
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I'm so Republican, my first name starts with 'R.' I'm so right-wing - well, Randy Weber. You do the math.
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When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.
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Power frees us from the chains of conformity.
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We got Martha Stewart legitimizing homemaking for her generation, and then there's this return to being interested in all things home, lifestyle, and food again. I think this generation is less about the frills and more about the flavor of things.
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Behaviors are a choice. Feelings are sometimes out of our control. Behavior has to do with choices.
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I don't believe you can get into somebody's character but more that somebody comes in you. You just use yourself. In everything I play, I feel like it is me. I just say different things on different times and look different.
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Hats have power. Hats can change you into someone else.
