Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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I won't do anything unless it's the absolute best.
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But it is a black man's game, and it will be forever.
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I don't fear anything now.
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I would prefer to live forever in perfect health, but if I must at some time leave this life, I would like to do so ensconced on a chaise longue, perfumed, wearing a velvet robe and pearl earrings, with a flute of champagne beside me and having just discovered the answer to the last problem in a British cryptic crossword.
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I've been a big Bob Marley fan forever. Forever. Like big, huge. Bob Marley and the Beatles, that's my big, giant music influence. I can listen to them all the time.
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There's a lot of bands that get to a certain level, and it just stops. They scrap it. Compare this to, say, The Rolling Stones or The Who, where they just continued on forever and are still playing, or they quit after 20 years.
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Would I have traded 'Homeland' for anything else? No. Would I trade 'Billions' for anything else? No.
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No, I've been singing forever. I started out doing musicals. I think that was part of the reason why they gave me the part, because I sang.
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I go on and off home-school and regular school, but the kids don't treat me any differently because they've all known me forever.
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The Flower that once has blown forever dies.
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All anything takes, really, is confidence.
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I don't want to play forever. I want to give everything I can now and then walk away knowing I gave everything. The example I think of is Barry Sanders. He was such a great player, and he left when he was still on top. I want that to be me.
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For many child soldiers, war and violence are all they have ever known. If we don't take it upon ourselves to show them an alternative, then they're going to be soldiers forever, and they'll continue to be recruited and to participate in violence if another conflict starts five or 10 years down the road.
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There isn't anything in the world that can't be made better.
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If I was on Broadway, I would want to do anything Vaudeville or a biopic.
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I've been recording forever. I'm a watcher. I'm a stalker. I love everything about people. It's always been a passion for me to observe.
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It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.
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I don't believe you can say 'forever'; I don't believe it exists.
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Cherish forever what makes you unique, 'cuz you're really a yawn if it goes.
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They really can't imagine what my voice is like. Every time I sing a song, they are very surprised.
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It's a different point of view on the world and it's different issues and it's important. It's healthy to have both, and more and more women are becoming of aware of that. And when you are aware of how strong of an impact it has on people - it changes things.
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I have a better head of hair than Rick Perry; it's just not in a place I can show you.
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... for my eeries, anything. Anything, forever, always.
