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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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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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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Sharks are in real trouble, and they need all the help they can get.
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There is no actual need to tighten voter ID rules: there have been extraordinarily few instances of people committing fraud at the polls.
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As a nation, we need to do everything we can to make sure those who have served have the tools they need to succeed in civilian life.
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I understand the directors much more. I was always rebelling against them when I was a youngster, I didn't want to be told what to do. I had no identification.
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I've never judged anybody by how they look or how they dress. I basically judge them on their character. And that's how I lead my own life.
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The long conflict between Israel and Palestine has, for better or worse, become the world's conflict. It permanently destabilizes the Middle East, blocks the settlement of urgent crises, and intensifies looming threats to the West.
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However, the fact that an economist offers a theoretical analysis does not and should not automatically command respect. What is needed is some assurance that the analysis is actually relevant.
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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?
