Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
Every person draws a map that shows themselves at the center. But that does not mean that no other countries exist.
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I'm not an aggressive person at all. But I know how to fight.
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There's the person that's the addict, and then there's the person that's who you are.
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If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.
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Perhaps it is impossible for a person who does no good to do no harm.
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I'm a family guy, so I would love to have a family; I would love to find that perfect person to have a family with.
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It's not even race; it's a certain type of person that gets 'Pootie Tang.'
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I'm a really heavy sleeper. When I wake up I'm a terrible morning person.
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Any concept of one person being superior to another can lead to racism.
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I've always considered myself a fairly romantic person. I believe in love and falling in love at a young age.
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He who calls a person a fascist for opposing independence is not only wrong but putting themselves on the same level as those who call us Nazis for wanting independence.
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I'm not a party person.
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Being a father is the most important thing, if you ask me. It changed me as a person and gave me an all new life.
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When elites see a homeless person in the gutter, they assume he's saving a parking place.
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For me, I'm not a jealous person. That's just not my thing. You have to have trust in your relationship.
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I'd like to see one person - just one - who would own up to having been a coward.
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I'm not really the type of person who wears my heart on my sleeve. I keep everything inside.
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God wants you well. God wants you prosperous. God wants you a whole person.
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I am an Armani and a Dolce & Gabbana kind of a person.
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If it were not for the bad things that've happened to me, I wouldn't be the person I am today.
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My husband was in the war of the Crimea. It is terrible the hardships he went through, to be two months without going into a house, under the snow in trenches. And no food to get, maybe a biscuit in the day. And there was enough food there, he said, to feed all Ireland; but bad management, they could not get it.
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I get constantly mistaken for Elijah Wood. I was in Japan and someone held out a photo of him for me to sign.
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My mother witnessed the martyrdom of her husband, Hajj Malik Shabazz, Malcolm X, on Sunday, February 21, 1965, at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City. My older sisters, Attallah, Qubilah and I were seated with our mother up front and stage right.
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Within the soul of each Vietnam veteran there is probably something that says "Bad war, good soldier." Only now are Americans beginning to separate the war from the warrior.
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Every person draws a map that shows themselves at the center. But that does not mean that no other countries exist.
