Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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What comprises good performance? The ability through singing or playing to make the ear conscious of the true content and affect of a composition.
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I don't like to travel as much as I have in the past, but it's good for my soul to get to pick, especially with these good musicians and these guys that play so well.
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Generally, you want to raise capital either when you have to or when it's really easy. If the company desperately needs money, and they can't figure out any other way, then they need to raise money. Or if someone's offering you easy money on good terms, you should take it because you can use it for good things.
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Whenever I see a tree that is climbable, it must be climbed. Sometimes when I'm on a run, I'll just run up a tree, jump on a branch and swing off. My favorite tree, in Saratoga, gets me a good 75 feet up.
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Doing business and doing good are not mutually exclusive, and it is our responsibility to prove this every day anew.
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People ask me, 'Is 3D a good medium for horror movies?' I think it's the perfect thing for horror movies because it really puts you into it.
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The reduction in compassion that happens when we're all behind computer screens is not good for the world.
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I was a good student with mathematical ability and interests. As such, I took the usual college preparatory program in high school for one looking to become an engineer: all the available courses in mathematics and science.
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Acting doesn't feel good. It's not comfortable to feel all this stuff, it's not.
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Whatever you are, be a good one.
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Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us.
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All attempts at gaining literary polish must begin with judicious reading, and the learner must never cease to hold this phase uppermost. In many cases, the usage of good authors will be found a more effective guide than any amount of precept.
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I think I'm at a place where I haven't really been encountered by anyone overtly strange. But people think they know me.
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I love clothes, but really I don't have that much to say about skirts. Before I was writing, I went to fashion shows only when the designer was a good friend and I was there to show support.
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When I first came to Guangzhou in 1981, it seemed such a hard and dour place with everyone in Chairman Mao uniforms.
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The market town of Cheltenham, in Gloucestershire, was a popular 19th - century English spa. Its mineral springs were supposed to be good for you. This was before the invention of bran. In the 20th century, Cheltenham grew into an active municipality.
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It costs you something to do good!
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When we have done our best, we also have to learn that we still need to rely on God. Our best – no matter how good – is incomplete if we leave God out of the picture.
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We should remember that just as a positive outlook on life can promote good health, so can everyday acts of kindness.
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I still felt we had some really good music on that record, but it's a shame that we couldn't make it better. And the tour was a total mess. We just had no life, no energy, and I felt we were going through the motions.
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Even now that I'm married and 28, my room's still intact the way it was when I went to high school.
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Fighting, for me, is like skydiving without the parachute.
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In my dorm room, I was a hermit making music, I've always had a sense of urgency that I don't have forever to make this happen.
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No one’s good just from being born any place
