Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.
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When I was 16, I filmed an episode of 'Full House' where my family goes to Disney World. I remember putting on baggy overalls just to hide my stomach. When I watched it, I was pretty disappointed and bummed out looking at myself... I didn't feel good about my own body.
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I can't remember 16 bars. Unless you write it, you can't. I just do it bar for bar.
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I think my darkest days were probably when I was catering. I would go to these parties and pass out hors d'oeuvres, and it's like you're invisible. I remember one catering captain told me that all you are is a tray that comes into their space for a moment and then you leave. It was one of the most depressing things I've ever been told.
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Seventh and eighth grade? That's the worst. I think it's the lowest point of life. All I remember is painful acne and terrible clothes. And lots of getting dumped.
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Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.
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Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.
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I slept in van Gogh's bed. I worked in the room where he painted. I saw the place where he was cared for when he cut off his ear. I lived in the jail cell where he stayed. And I looked out the window. You remember that picture of the cornfields through the bars? That was what I saw.
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You have to remember I've been working with adults since I was 12 - they were my peers, and it has an effect, for sure.
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It's true: I don't remember what life was like before parenthood.
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Pops played football for LSU. Ever since I can remember, I've been working with him running routes and stuff.
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I'm old enough to remember when the air over American cities was a lot dirtier than it is now.
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I was a very religious child - I went to synagogue at least once, sometimes twice, a day. And I remember my religiousness as good - I think religion is good for children, especially educated children, because it allows for imagination, a whole imaginative world apart from the practical world.
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It wasn't until I was 14 and watched the 1976 Olympic games on television that I really started to dream about the big time. I remember seeing Evelyn Ashford in the 100 meters, and she was going to UCLA.
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Normally, some people think about 50 as a big moment in life. I kind of think 30 because in your baseball career, 30 was considered on top kind of looking at the end of your career. So I remember thinking about 30 in different ways, but 50 just seems like another step right now.
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I don't really remember much about the '60s at all. You know, 1970 is the first year I remember pretty well.
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My Safari bookmarks only sync intermittently across my Apple devices. Unlike Amazon's Kindle app for Apple products, the company's iBooks doesn't remember where I left off unless I set a bookmark.
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Remember that a gesture of friendship, no matter how small, is always appreciated.
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We are always impacting the world...through our presence, energy, interactions - what kind of impact are we having?
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The process of the body changing and making a whole human fascinates me.
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We can't help being thirsty, moving toward the voice of water.
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As much as we'd like to believe that our work is great and that we're infallible, we're not. Hollywood movies are made for the audience. These are not small European art films we're making.
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It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do.
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It is not so easy to always remember who you are.
