Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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At first blush, it seems odd that loser lit books are rejected initially, then go on to be fiercely loved by legions of readers. This apparent contradiction might be due to the fact that if they didn't screw up their lives, most losers would be the kind of power-elite, Type A go-getters whom readers love to hate.
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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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Far too many executives have become more concerned with the 'four P's' - pay, perks, power and prestige - rather than making profits for shareholders.
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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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'It is praiseworthy when you give not only to your power but beyond your power.'
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What I'm trying to do is make the camera-work lyrical rather than fragmentary. It's a dance between the camera and the actors.
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Once, America's size in the imagination was limitless. After Europeans settled and changed it, working from the coasts inland, its size in the imagination shrank.
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Most novelists I know went through a period of intense self-examination and self-loathing after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. I certainly did.
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Hats have power. Hats can change you into someone else.
