Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
It's a secret and if you tell a secret the secret comes alive and can never be kept safe at home again.
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One never can know the whys and the wherefores of one's passional changes.
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I do not often get lonely, and I never get bored.
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It's silly to keep people alive who have a terrible disease.
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I studied communications, only because I could get my own show on the campus radio station. I never thought of it as a career. Music was always a really passionate hobby - it was like collecting DVDs or stamps.
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Napster hijacked our music without asking. They never sought our permission. Our catalog of music simply became available as free downloads on the Napster system.
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The criteria, the only rule you should follow - the only rule - is to never touch a product or service unless, every time it is sold, part of the profit has to come back to you.
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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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I have never broken a contract in my career.
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Age is just a number, and your talent will never fail you. It has no expiry date.
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I never went after fame. It fell into my lap.
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Hot water is my native element. I was in it as a baby, and I have never seemed to get out of it ever since.
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Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates.
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Never, ever underestimate the importance of having fun.
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We never thought it would be something everyone would listen to. We never thought people who listen to Britney Spears would run to listen to it. It was intended for people on the fanatical side of production and hi-fi.
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I don't really believe in stories, only in the people who tell them.
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Don't let the secret recipe die with the inventor.
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Carlos was a character, a character fabricated by Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, fabricated by the secret services of the epoch, fabricated by the governments of the epoch, by the radical groups of the epoch, by the communications media.
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Poussey is a really huge part of 'Orange,' and I'm sure her name will always echo through the halls of Litchfield, dead or alive.
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I expect to win. I've never been content with anything I've ever done.
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Black Sabbath invented heavy metal, in my opinion.
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I make sure I always give Him all the glory and praise, because I know that in one second, one game, one play, it could be all over.
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It's a rare pro-lifer who is against the death penalty, who's against all war, who favors, you know, all the things people need to flourish and stay healthy in life. They've tied themselves to the Republican Party, which doesn't support any of that.
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Judges are but men, and are swayed like other men by vehement prejudices. This is corruption in reality, give it whatever other name you please.
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It's a secret and if you tell a secret the secret comes alive and can never be kept safe at home again.
