Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
You are not the chosen one, September. Fairyland did not choose you – you chose yourself.
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Remember who you are and where you come from; otherwise, you don't know where you are going.
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If you're an actress or a musician, everyone thinks you're hot.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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There's the person that's the addict, and then there's the person that's who you are.
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Sometimes when you do interviews, it gets twisted up.
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Stuffed vine leaves tend to burn and/or stick when you cook them. To avoid this, use a heavy based pan lined with a few layers of second-rate leaves.
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I was asking Charlie the most important questions, and you heard the answers.
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If you're going on a plane journey, you're more likely to take one of my stories than 'Finnegan's Wake.'
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Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.
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Experience is what enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
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Politics is the one field you don't age out of.
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We want you to pay attention.
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Understand this law and you will then know, beyond room for the slightest doubt, that you are constantly punishing yourself for every wrong you commit and rewarding yourself for every act of constructive conduct in which you indulge.
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The wonderful thing about drama school is that it stretches you in a way the industry doesn't.
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Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do... but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there.
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Needing to have things perfect is the surest way to immobilize yourself with frustration.
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Be yourself. And every person is unique.
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It's not about what you tell the reader, it's about what you conceal.
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I guess you could say I've been in my share of violent movies.
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My motivation has always been health - eating healthy and taking care of myself.
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Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right thing.
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Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.
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We shot 'High School Musical' in eight weeks. I spent longer rehearsing for 'Hairspray' than filming 'High School Musical'.
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You are not the chosen one, September. Fairyland did not choose you – you chose yourself.
