Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
I’ve always found chess to be a bit too much like real life to provide much enjoyment as a game.
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I'm the worst at picking what movies are going to do well. I have no idea. I'm really surprised if a movie I like does well.
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For every person that doesn't like you, there's gonna be somebody who does.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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My arm bones looked like chicken bones.
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The whole experience on 'Grown Ups 2' was like going to adult summer camp.
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If you feel like snacking, stock up on almonds, walnuts and cranberries.
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There is nothin' like a dame.
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Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.
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I liked 'Star Wars,' but I wasn't an uberfan like many people are.
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I'd like to see one person - just one - who would own up to having been a coward.
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I like mac and cheese.
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I like to work hard and complete my films one after the other.
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I'm not ready to be a woman yet, I'd like it if my body were more boyish. Maybe I'll like my curves when I'm older but right now they kind of make me squirm.
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I spend my money like I don't have anything.
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I want you to like me, but I don't care if you don't.
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Sorrow lies like a heartbeat behind everything I have written.
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I like a scarf with a shirt; it throws it off a bit.
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There was no one around called 'Val' when I was young, so I wanted to be John or Bill. Now I like it.
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A lot of the ways that I like to approach comic books, or anything like that, is not just the book itself, but the fans of it, the readers, the world that exists around it as a cultural object.
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I did all of California from north to south. I did Florida from north to south. I went to the Midwest. I spent time discovering the culture because I thought I was going to stay in America for only two years. Then I decided to come to New York.
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It is our job above all in politics to tackle the big issues and to explain them, and have the honesty to say to people, 'There are no easy solutions here.'
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But getting your party structure right may also be a precondition for getting your policies right.
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I’ve always found chess to be a bit too much like real life to provide much enjoyment as a game.
