Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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Whether I do an original film, a dance, or a remake of my dad's hit songs, I have always been compared to him.
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Warren and I are friends, but working with him had been difficult.
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I used to kind of go for it, right? Like, I'd be the one who would say, 'All right, there's Kate Moss. I'm going to try to make out with her.'
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The idea of music is to liberate the listener and lead him to a frame where he feels he is elevated.
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Any kid who has two parents who are interested in him and has a houseful of books isn't poor.
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Rod has such a wicked sense of humour. I loved him very much.
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The navigation of our inland waters has for years been sought in vain by foreign countries, and if we grant the privilege to Russia, other States will be guided in their demands by her example.
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Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.
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The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it.
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He who builds a masjid in the way of Allah, God will build a house for him in the paradise.
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I wouldn't want to go out six nights a week and watch somebody's reserves playing to check out a footballer to see if we're going to buy him.
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If I had been trying to take the job away from him in a sneaky, underhand manner, then I deserved all I got. But it was the other way around. I was trying to get him the job.
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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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Nothing is as embarrassing as watching your boss do something you assured him couldn't be done.
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While I'm generally silent on the affairs of my biological mother, her recent tirade has taken a gross turn.
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I have been thinking a lot about what we see in villains, how we relate to villains, and what it is about certain villains that we actually empathize with. Like Macbeth. We're not supposed to like a guy who kills the king and takes over, but there's something about him we're really fascinated by.
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Batman is basically an ordinary guy who had something tragic happen to him when he was young.
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Lila can't be a model until she's at least 21. She is already a mini-me – it is scary. She already has her own beauty kit.
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The energies of our system will decay; the glory of the sun will be dimmed, and the earth, tideless and inert, will no longer tolerate the race which has for a moment disturbed its solitude. Man will go down into the pit and all his thoughts will perish.
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If you're feeling low, don't despair. The sun has a sinking spell every night, but it comes back up every morning.
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If you feel like snacking, stock up on almonds, walnuts and cranberries.
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I don't wear cologne. I do occasionally, but anytime I take a shower, I just put on deodorant. That's basically what I smell like.
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Ever since I began to compose, I have remained true to my starting principle: not to write a page because no matter what public, or what pretty girl wanted it to be thus or thus; but to write solely as I myself thought best, and as it gave me pleasure.
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The nearness of him crushed her, like being held by the sun.
