Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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I used to kind of go for it, right? Like, I'd be the one who would say, 'All right, there's Kate Moss. I'm going to try to make out with her.'
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I've got nothing very original to say myself.
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I want to be in 'Glee', but I'm told I'm not famous enough to be a cameo yet.
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What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.
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Hollywood is where they shoot too many pictures and not enough actors.
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I had a job since I was old enough to work - since I was, like, 14.
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They had enough. They wanted to enjoy their life.
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The fact is, funnily enough, that the people who seem to be most committed to causes also seem to be least invested in anyone actually talking to each other.
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Carter's hopes died when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan and he ended up having to reverse policy and launch the military buildup that Reagan continued. Mr. Obama would be forced back into a war on terror if terrorist groups pull off enough damaging or frightening attacks to force this issue to the fore.
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When I was a lad in my 20s, as carefree and debonair as any other underpaid newspaperman, I happened to be a golfer who could flirt with par fairly often, and I was adventurous enough in those days to play any known or unknown thief who showed up at Goat Hills for whatever amount he fancied.
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Give us enough but with a sparing hand.
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Where in the Constitution does it say that because we don't like a foreign country's leader, we should go in and topple the dictator?
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Rather than a big figure, I guess you could say I'm more of an influential minority symbol.
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Contemporary thinkers would say that man is continuously transcending himself.
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The idea of a streaming service, like Netflix for music, I'm not totally against it. It's just we won't put all of our music on it until there are enough subscribers for it to make sense.
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If you were to ask everyone what 'Hamlet' was about, they might say, "It's about a prince, and he says, 'To be or not to be.'"
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People always say to me, 'You've really strived to redefine retail.' But the reality is, I wanted to redefine magazines.
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You can never have enough talent.
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A "poem" is understood as something referring to a failure of language to be equal to the possibilities it figures.
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I am very proud to follow the rules of our company.
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The world does not owe men a living, but business, if it is to fulfill its ideal, owes men an opportunity to earn a living.
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I've weaned myself down to about, on a great day, on a really great day, three cigarettes. For a nicotine junkie the essential cigs are three: the first-of-the-day cigarette smoked after lunch, the after-dinner cigarette and then the one taken whenever you want - the luxury-wild-card smoke. It used to be quite a bit more. It used to be, I'd smoke the table. I'd smoke the patch. I'd smoke the gum. So I feel good about it.
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Some think that by preparing to deal with crises you make them more likely. I think the wiser judgment is the contrary. In this area at least, if you want peace or stability, it's better to prepare for war or instability.
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Anything is a poem if you say it often enough.
