Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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So most astronauts getting ready to lift off are excited and very anxious and worried about that explosion - because if something goes wrong in the first seconds of launch, there's not very much you can do.
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I don't care how many championships you've won or how many records you've broken - if you've had a hand in pushing forward not only a game but women in sport's movement, then I think that's pretty darn good.
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It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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If you're famous, you're not free.
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There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.
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With Altman, he does discuss everything with you, but then leaves you to it and gives you full rein and lets you improvise and create a character while the camera is rolling.
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You break her heart, I'll break your neck.
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I'm against abortion. On the other hand, I believe in a woman's choice.
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You can't tell a millionaire's son from a billionaire's.
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Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about.
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The man does not beat your head because you got a Cadillac or because you got a Ford; he beats you because you're black!
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Only in your imagination can you revise.
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I was singing in a mall, and I picked a girl to come up onstage with me. As I was grabbing her hand, I fell off the stage. It felt like I was in the air forever, flying like Superman.
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Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.
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A book is a gift you can open again and again.
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The richer you are and the more financial advisers you employ, the less likelihood there is that you can ever discover what you are really worth.
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You are just your intelligence.
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I had an indie pop phase, I had just about every phase you could think of.
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Working out is my biggest hobby. It's my Zen hour. I just zone out.
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I say to you that the price of liberty is and always has been blood, human blood, and if our liberties are lost, we shall never regain them except at the price of blood. They must not be lost.
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From Jewish terrorism against Arabs it is a short step to Jewish terrorism against Jews.
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Did I not come to you on my knees with a kingdom in my hand?
