Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
Can you imagine what it would do to a person, to know that they were standing between three people and that marrow-deep, desperate need?
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We need a president who is willing to uphold the law.
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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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Your mind is a magnet. You don't attract what you need or what you want; you attract who you are. And I love who I am!
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When the needs of one person are being met by the other, there is laughter.
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For every person that doesn't like you, there's gonna be somebody who does.
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I'm not normally the kind of person who holds on to grudges, I'm really not.
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My mother was pragmatic, focused and extremely, exceedingly practical, and she was the ultimate self-determining person.
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There is not a separate God for each person. There is one universal intelligence flowing through all of us.
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We do need to have a little bit more protection and sensibility around pensioners. They are remarkable. They gave so much. We need to make sure we do our best by them.
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The more one forgets himself - by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love - the more human he is.
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M&A guidelines need to be liberal.
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I don't need the credits for playing the blues and paying the dues. I've already done it. There are some other things to do here - movies and scores and voice-overs.
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On the subject of literary genres, I've always felt that my response to poetry is inadequate. I'd love to be the kind of person that drifts off into the garden with a slim volume of Elizabethan verse or a sheaf of haikus, but my passion is story.
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Directing her was like directing Lassie. You need 14 takes to get each one of them right.
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When telemarketers call me now, I won't get the blow-horn. I'm more polite than the average person.
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I have always been a reserved and conservative person.
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If you agree to do a sex scene, you have to be willing to not be awkward about it. C'mon! I don't think of it as anything other than a dance, really. I don't see that person. I don't think of me being me.
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I'm running because we need change.
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What makes a person is the ability to look at themselves and deal with their own lives.
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Sharks are in real trouble, and they need all the help they can get.
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There are lives I can imagine without children but none of them have the same laughter & noise.
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Jane Goodall is my idol and someone I have always looked up to for the amazing work she has done with chimpanzees. She has transcended animal welfare as the voice for the voiceless and has changed many people's views about how they think and treat not only chimps but all of the amazing animals we share this planet with.
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If you look at any institution in history - look at the Roman Empire - anything in history, and what it looks like when it's peaking. Look at Apple, and how can you say it's not peaking? ... The thing is, it may take another year or two before it starts to decline, but it has to - everything does.
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Can you imagine what it would do to a person, to know that they were standing between three people and that marrow-deep, desperate need?
