Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
She didn't like to say things flatly, but sometimes it is the perfect antidote to someone trying to convince you the noose in their hand is a lovely silk ribbon for your hair.
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Reading the several thousand pages of Christopher Isherwood's complete journals is an instructive corrective to the prissiness of reading fiction. Isherwood had faults that we'd say were unforgiveable in a novel (he was careful to distance himself from these in his autobiographical fiction).
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It's not a terribly original thing to say, but I love Raymond Carver. For one thing, he's fun to read out loud.
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But I can't say that I didn't like John Hammond's performances often better than the originals.
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I like artists who have something to say, not wallpaper.
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No one put pressure on me to go to the Olympics; once I'd got the qualifying mark, I just couldn't say no.
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The main thing is to know something and to say it.
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I always say the greats just get better.
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My worst date would be with someone nervous who has nothing to say. I like people who inspire me.
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To say that we mutually agree to coercion is not to say that we are required to enjoy it, or even to pretend we enjoy it.
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I don't read any reviews, so I'm oblivious to what they have to say. I'm completely unaware. It's fantastic.
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Where in the Constitution does it say that because we don't like a foreign country's leader, we should go in and topple the dictator?
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I think a first-time director always has to convince a lot of people that they're ready to do it.
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Rather than a big figure, I guess you could say I'm more of an influential minority symbol.
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I say accessorize, accessorize, accessorize. If you don't accessorize, someone else will.
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When I'm called unkind... that really cuts to the quick. You can say anything else that you like about me.
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Contemporary thinkers would say that man is continuously transcending himself.
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Hype is the awkward and desperate attempt to convince journalists that what you've made is worth the misery of having to review it.
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I blog because I have something to say.
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I've always cared about fashion and what I look like. I don't like to spend a lot of money on designer clothes, but I do like to look good.
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It seems to me that most good protagonists are both clever and resourceful. They are intelligent and can fix things, both little and big. They can come up with inventive solutions others would never think of.
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Every little girl looks up to her mom so much - that's your first hero.
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Though every nation must do its part to address climate change, developed nations are responsible for the lion's share of carbon pollution in the atmosphere, and they have an obligation to help developing nations transition to a sustainable future.
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She didn't like to say things flatly, but sometimes it is the perfect antidote to someone trying to convince you the noose in their hand is a lovely silk ribbon for your hair.
