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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I was so worried when I left 'GH:' so scared I'd never work again.
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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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I never reflect or convey that which I have not experienced myself.
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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'm really aware of the conversations that surround young actresses in Hollywood. I always get myself into a hole with these conversations, and I get weirdly quoted, and I sound militant and like I'm not thankful at all, and I'm so thankful of everything that's happening. But I'm an active observer of the machinations of this world.
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Honestly, I'm as rebellious as I used to be and my definition of shaking things up isn't what it used to be.
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I feel like your city - with hip hop in particular, because we're always beating our chest and shouting where we're from - your city is just as influential as your parents. Even the grimy, hardcore gangster rap from New York - KRS-One and Wu Tang, the stuff acknowledges it.
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Never trust anyone under one hundred!
