Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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I just realized quite early on that I'm not going to be the type who can write a novel every two years. I think you need to feel an urgency about the act. Otherwise, when you read it, you feel no urgency, either. So I don't write unless I really feel I need to, and that's a luxury.
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People tweet before they think, and it becomes obsessive.
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I think there is some credibility to the notion that marriage is an institution. It meant something very different hundreds of years ago when it became the norm for people to go off and pair.
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I think lots of actors are very nervous and shy. I know lots of them who are, and some who aren't of course.
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The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
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I don't feel that rap has been respected as an art form. Because people have seen rappers rap off the top of their heads, they don't think it is difficult.
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I think Steve Jobs is a historic figure. He's not only a historic figure in business, but really in America.
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Of course it would depend on the project, but I don't think I could ever separate myself from my aesthetic.
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If I don't know I don't know, I think I know. If I don't know I know, I think I don't know.
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I think I have every piece of music Bob Marley ever made.
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We will see about Obama's legacy. I still think the historical nature of his candidacy will be the biggest part of his legacy.
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You really think that on my films people tell me what to do? I don't think so. On my films I decide.
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Life - how curious is that habit that makes us think it is not here, but elsewhere.
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The three-peat has never been attempted, ever, and for me, I think it will add to my legendary status. I want to become one of the greatest athletes ever to have competed in any sport, so for me, that's what it means.
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Living in New York after 14 years, I'm such an outdoors kind of person. I love gardening and building things. I like restoring old furniture.
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As our case is new, we must think and act anew.
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When I was 17, I used to really think about what I wore every day.
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When he would give you direction, it was not sitting in a chair saying, 'Hey, babe! Do this and that and the other thing.' Mr. Sirk would ask, 'May I speak with you?' and sit down and say, 'I think this should be done this way. And how do you feel about it? Do you feel it that way?'
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I do think that I'm a big believer in having an idea or having ideas and just tucking them away in the back of your brain. Even if you aren't consciously thinking of them, I think they simmer. You're working on them, even if you don't know you're working on them, and I think having something in your head for a while is a valuable thing.
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As you know, the best way to solve a problem is to identify the core belief that causes the problem; then mock that belief until the people who hold it insist that you heard them wrong.
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I don't know when I'm going to have time to be politically active.
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All things built with tax money are beautiful: so we must think or go mad.
