Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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One thing I did was grow up as an ardent naturalist. I never grew out of my bug period.
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A story never looks as good as when the other fellow buys it.
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The one thing I will never do is become pigeonholed.
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Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.
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The power to command has never meant the power to remain mysterious.
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If you don't use good ingredients, the outcome is never going to be excellent. But if you buy the freshest ingredients that are in season, at their peak, and you cook with them, you can't really go wrong.
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I've been in the public eye now for about 15 or 16 years, and I'm very aware that fame is not a given. I have to maintain it. It's not just something that will always be there. But I've always been a worker. I've never expected be given anything.
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In fact, you couldn't give me anything to make me go back to being a teenager. Never. No, I hated it.
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No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew her, will remember her.
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You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit.
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The Broken Bow group is such a great family and seem like a group of tight-knit people. When I looked for a new label, I wanted to feel I could trust everybody. I wanted motivation to be at an all-time high.
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I just never subscribed to the theory that at age 55, you fall off the face of the earth on the Tour. I always felt that was too young of an age for that.
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An aggressive drug-testing program would cut down on certain abuses, but its never going to catch everyone - or even close to everyone.
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Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go.
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I've gone to war zones before and never got shot.
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I've been very blessed in my personal life and in my career and I have never been ungrateful for what I have.
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Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.
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I compete in a sport on an individual basis, but I have never done it for me.
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I've never wanted to be the boss.
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When you play a character, you get to see the world through their eyes. Whether it's a fictional world or a real world, you do get to see somebody else's point of view, whether he's a good guy or a bad guy.
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It's absolutely impossible, but it has possibilities.
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If a civil word or two will render a man happy, he must be a wretch indeed who will not tell them to him.
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Never trust anyone under one hundred!
