Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
This is my heart - carry it with you. I will dream of you in the dark, and you will taste it in my tea, and feel it in my shoes.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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I think shortly after I got signed, it just started to dawn on me that I had something to say and that Yahweh put something in my heart to share with the world.
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Where I'm from, you're a square if you go to church or if you decide to read the Koran or Bible.
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Any trend that is developed too fast and is disposed right away is not going to have a lasting impression on the culture, you know?
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Whenever you're scared of something, don't let that define you. We all feel it, but step up.
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Love, and do what you like.
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I want to be back on Broadway one day. That's a dream of mine. There's nothing like live theater, and I think it's so important for me to be able to be on stage with an audience that responds.
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You can't get more for less. You get what you pay for.
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If you are a kid, reading is really important stuff.
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You know in the West they support realistic forces.
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I time everything. I'm a scientist at heart.
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When you take on something like your footprint on the environment, you have to say, 'Where am I going to draw the circle around my level of responsibility and then where do I assume that others will take responsibility?'
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I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream.
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You can never learn less, you can only learn more.
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New experiences give you new perspectives on life.
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I do think faith is important when it introduces positivity into your life and you see it with love in your heart because there's so many people who unfortunately use faith for detrimental things or to justify detrimental actions.
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In 'Roma,' I wanted to get across the idea that underneath Rome today is ancient Rome. So close. I am always conscious of that, and it thrills me. Imagine being in a traffic jam at the Coliseum! Rome is the most wonderful movie set in the world... As was the case with many of my film ideas, it was inspired by a dream.
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The horses are all characters, all personalities. Some you get along with, some you don't, some might take a bit longer.
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I don't know where I would be without my critics & haters. I thank yall genuinely from the bottom of my heart for fueling my motivation.
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In my opinion, provision of military support to illegal structures runs counter to the principles of modern international law and the United Nations Charter.
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If we have no inner peace, we deceive ourselves into thinking that comfort and prosperity will bring happiness.
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Maybe climate change is a threat, and maybe climate change has been tarted up by climatologists trolling for research grant cash. It doesn't matter.
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Basically I got an insight into what it really was through Alcoholics Anonymous. One day the switchboard lit up and I saw where it was all going. I saw what alcohol could do to people and I saw that it wasn't a good thing anymore. Plus I wasn't a teenager anymore myself.
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This is my heart - carry it with you. I will dream of you in the dark, and you will taste it in my tea, and feel it in my shoes.
