Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized.
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The music comes through me, and I let it come the way it comes, and it shapes itself. I just hold space for it. I don't intend to write it for a purpose, but it comes as it comes and am proud of the way it can support change because I believe strongly in what I sing about.
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My parents' divorce made an important change in my life. It affected me.
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Don't ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world, it's the only thing that ever has.
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You just do the best you can with what you've got... and sometimes magic strikes.
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People say, 'How does having kids change your writing? Do you see the world through their eyes?' No - you just become a faster songwriter... In the old days, you'd be like, 'Oh I'm gonna work on this song for a few days.'
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Because my parents are Indian, everybody speaks Hindi to me, and I have no idea what they are saying.
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I love discovering compelling new ideas and doing what I can to help spread the word about them.
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Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.
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I don't think 'Magadheera' should be remade, nor do I think it will be remade. It is very difficult to recreate the same magic.
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It only took one text message to change my life. That's when I discovered my loving husband had been unfaithful. His infidelities ended our marriage.
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Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.
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I was pretty much a hippie. I was a vegetarian, gypsy-like. I liked to meditate, and it's curious because I was very much attracted to the possibility of change.
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I have expressed my opinion through the written word through my books, that is all.
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I think people are just incredibly depressed and hopeless about the prospects for change.
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It's interesting to see what people are saying about me. I like keep up with the latest rumors! A while back there was a rumor that I was going to do a film with Demi Moore about the takeover of Commodore computers!
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I think that when you're kind of just shoved out there and you have to be tough and you're facing tough people and people are saying bad things about you, that all of a sudden, you have to become a little less sweet.
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Maybe climate change is a threat, and maybe climate change has been tarted up by climatologists trolling for research grant cash. It doesn't matter.
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Honestly, for a big city, London is by far my favourite city on earth, and I'm not just saying that!
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There is a stability in the Universe because of the orderly and balanced process of change, the same measure coming out as going in, as if reality were a huge fire that inhaled and exhaled equal amounts.
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By choosing a woman to run for your nation's second highest office, you send a powerful signal to all Americans. There are no doors we cannot unlock. We will place no limits on achievement.
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The test of all knowledge is experiment.
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When we share Christ, the Truth behind our transformation, we are offering people an opportunity to be transformed.
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When you can change something just by saying a word, that is magic.
