Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
People are mostly happiest when they think they're just about to get the thing they want most. Before and after, they're all monsters.
Catherynne M. Valente
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For many of those who had historically supported welfare programs in the broadest sense, it was perfectly reasonable to enact legislation in which poor people were the objects of efforts to assist them.
Barney Frank
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It's business, selling comics, you work out what sells and you don't want to muck about with it too much.
Eddie Campbell
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My work is entertainment, and I look at what entertains people, whether it's a selfie video or a music video.
Qandeel Baloch
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Hatred strikes me as one of the few signs of life remaining in the world. This is another thing about the world which is upsidedown: all the friendly and likable people seem dead to me; only the haters seem alive.
Walker Percy
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Being human is difficult. Some people make it more difficult than others. I was one of those people.
Lana Del Rey
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Swedes are such a civilised, perfect society - at least on the surface. There's a great safety net, a huge middle class, free education, free health care. People are very polite, they wait their turn. They're not too loud, they're not too quiet, but sometimes it's a little too perfect.
Alexander Skarsgard
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So many people I talk to who work in technology, you ask them, 'What got you interested in science?' and those from my generation say, 'The Apollo landings.'
Ellen Stofan
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Simultaneously, my two biggest heroes are Susan Sontag and Morticia Addams from 'The Addams Family.'
Caitlin Moran
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A bad feeling is a commotion of the mind repugnant to reason, and against nature.
Zeno of Citium
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Doing a story about my mundane, waking life, how much I don't like my job, or breaking up with someone, I don't think so. Those stories don't interest me that much as a general thing.
Jim Woodring
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Gardens... should be like lovely, well-shaped girls: all curves, secret corners, unexpected deviations, seductive surprises and then still more curves.
H. E. Bates
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People are mostly happiest when they think they're just about to get the thing they want most. Before and after, they're all monsters.
Catherynne M. Valente