Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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Teaching at university isn't like teaching in an art school.
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When you're reinterpreting the same material eight shows a week, it's impossible to lock in the 'ideal' performance. Things that felt great in previews can feel forced three months in; jokes that got big laughs in the rehearsal room may suddenly fall flat in front of a paying audience.
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I like 'As Long As You Love Me' and 'Boyfriend' by Justin Bieber. It gets you moving - you just can't help it! And 'Teach Me How To Dougie' gets Zendaya and I every time.
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I have no trouble publishing in Soviet astrophysical journals, but my work is unacceptable to the American astrophysical journals.
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Be nice to Fairyland. She is old and tender of heart and when her feelings are hurt, she cries volcanoes.
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But old women faced certain dangers in Fairyland, such as breaking a hip while riding a wild velocipede, or having everyone do what you say just because you had wrinkles.
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I was a subscriber to 'Sports Illustrated' like so many of us, and I was overwhelmed by a toxic mix of naivete and arrogance, and just thought to myself, 'I think I can write like this.'
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Anger exceeding limits causes fear and excessive kindness eliminates respect.
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The internet wasn't created for mockery, it was supposed to help researchers at different universities share data sets. It was!
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The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
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It could be something like Scotch Tape, where you just roll it out and stick in on the back of your device and go.
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One of the real dangers of our time is people's indifference to history.
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Never try to snow a snowman.
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Not a movie to take your children to, nothing to show your ma: the little gougings, the wreck of the way they lived.
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The Beatles did everything first, and they did it the best.
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Once upon a time, there was a little creature that was rather small and rather wicked and it lived all alone in the woods. The little creature lived in a little den, at the bottom of a little ravine, filled with not-at-all little brambles and on the edge of a forest that could only be described as really freakin' huge.
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The perfect man is the true partner. Not a bed partner nor a fun partner, but a man who will shoulder burdens equally with you and possess that quality of joy.
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I want to be remembered as a great friend, an outstanding father, an amazing husband, and a good soul who always strived to serve God and man. And during that time of service on earth, I would like people to think, "He brought joy, love, opportunity, and fulfillment to millions of people."
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I pity you all... Most of you will die - scratch that - ALL of you.
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The pictures present an improvised view of life as normal. Life is shown as we think we see it but in fact never do. The pictures imitate life to find a way out.
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Fairyland is a very Scientifick place. We subscribe to all the best journals.
