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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I feel like if I live the Christian life, then the people should be able to see it in my everyday actions.
Quinton Aaron
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People are like, 'Was it hard growing up mixed?' 'Did you not fit in?' and I'm like, 'No? What? That's the dumbest question ever.'
Laura Harrier
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Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality.
Warren Bennis
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Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.
Namie Amuro
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To be aware of others' accomplishments and the indebtedness we have to so many people is to appreciate and begin to respect all members of the human family.
Hamza Yusuf
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I think once you're in the public eye, whether you're a boss, a teacher or whatever you do, that you're automatically in the position of role model. You have people looking up to you, so whether you choose to accept it or not is a different question.
Talib Kweli
Black Star
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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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People come up to me and tell me they support me because I never left my principles.
Bob Barr
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I drink a lot of water and I try to watch what I eat. The thing about me is I like healthy stuff, I like fruits and veggies, so it's all about moderation.
Ashton Shepherd
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1977 was also, of course, the year that Derek Jarman made his iconoclastic film Jubilee, which was so much part of the punk movement.
Quentin S. Crisp
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Only a minority of science fiction dystopias attempt to plumb the real existential roots of oppression, the flaws in humanity's nature that undermine our best attempts at organizing ourselves into social units.
Paul Di Filippo
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There's a very long and consistent track record on the part of Hillary Clinton, and it's not been favorable to women, to children, to the cause of peace, justice, and a sustainable climate.
Jill Stein
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Anytime you test for a TV show, you have that bit of squeamishness entering into it because they lock you in for a number years.
Sam Huntington
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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
