Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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I have just begun a work in which an important part is given to a large chorus and with it I want to use several of your instruments - augmenting their range as in those I used for my Equatorial - especially in the high range.
Edgard Varese
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Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Whatever you have a passion for, then you must do. If you want to write, write about something you know about.
Jackie Collins
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I do not take steroids. I never have. It's sad to me that people want to point fingers. I don't do that. That's not me. I wouldn't feel like a human being.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
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I'm focused on energy only. And I know what I'm talking about. And I don't want to be distracted on other things.
T. Boone Pickens
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Well, all I can say is, it's a day-by-day program, and so I'm very worried about relapsing, but I don't know. I don't want to use. I don't want to go back to that place because nothing good came of it. It was super dark; it's not nice.
Jack Osbourne
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I definitely don't want to do drama. I'm not looking to branch out into that world.
Rachel Dratch
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The best thing about being immensely wealthy is not having to be in any particular place at any particular time doing a particular task you don't want to do.
Felix Dennis
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If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
Joanne Rowling
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You want to know what judicial activism is? Judicial activism is judges imposing their policy preferences on the words of the Constitution.
Ted Cruz
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You can't ask your pharmacist to stock larger quantities of potassium nitrate because you want to make a bigger rocket.
Kary Mullis
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What I see now is the consumerisation of IT. I don't want my company to tell me that I have to use a BlackBerry or I have to use a Windows phone. I just want to use the phone I want and have it all work.
Parker Harris
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'Alias' was very action-packed. 'G.I. Joe' and 'Conan' were very action-packed. It's been established that I can do action, which is great, but now I may just want to make out with a really hot guy.
Rachel Nichols
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I really make sure that my girls understand the importance of education. I don't want them to be spoilt and only know private school kids. I want them to behave well by example.
Wendi Deng Murdoch
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The whole European Federal plan is ridiculous. We are patriotic. The single currency is an outrage. We want the Queen's head - or the King's head, if we have a king - on our own coins.
Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
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When I finally put my guitar in the case the last time, I want to be remembered just as a singer, not as a country singer or pops singer - just a singer.
Eddy Arnold
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No one told me I had to make something that would sell, but I personally want everyone to like my music.
Utada Hikaru
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And hey-the psychiatrist in the show is Italian also. So people are going to focus on what they want to focus on. There's not much you can do about that.
Edie Falco
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I'm a huge David Lindsay-Abaire fan. If I could write, I would want to write like him.
Tate Donovan
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I wanted the focus to be on my ability as a singer and as an entertainer - not on my private life.
Adam Lambert
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All I can say is that I am not one of those writers who want 100% of their book in the film. I recognize that film is a different medium and the filmmaker must have the right to bring some new elements to the table, provided the soul of the book is preserved.
Vikas Swarup
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The actual process of travel I really like, because that time on planes and in airports makes me feel like I'm moving around like a ghost. There's a certain aspect of justifiable downtime. I really feel like being online is so pervasive now.
Johnny Marr Pretenders
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Mug your destiny in an alley and punch it until it gives you what you want
Catherynne M. Valente