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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When the needs of one person are being met by the other, there is laughter.
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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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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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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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Everything from the little house was in the wagon, except the beds and tables and chairs. They did not need to take these, because Pa could always make new ones.
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There is still need to think and plan, but on a different scale, and along different lines.
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I'm the kind of person that responds strongly to a challenge.
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I'm more a competitive person.
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No one can replace a unique person like Peter.
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The thing is doing it, that's what it's all about. Not in the results of it. After all what is a risk? It's a risk not to take risks. Otherwise, you can go stale and repeat yourself. I don't feel like a person who takes risks. Yet there's something within me that must provoke controversy because I find it wherever I go. Anybody who cares about what he does takes risks.
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A person does not choose his or her fate; he or she only fulfills it. We are bound by our fate as long as we accept the values that determine it.
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The most important question a person can ask is, "Is the Universe a friendly place?
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If you cannot imagine with the mind's eye much more than you can see with the mortal eye, you have a very poor imagination indeed.
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It’s always more intriguing to imagine what’s happening, as opposed to seeing everything, because then you can use your imagination. I always wanted to be at a distance.
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A simple rule, to be followed whether one is in the light or not, gives backbone to one's spiritual life, as nothing else can.
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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?
