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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• Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality.

  

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• Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.

  

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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.

  

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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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• I don't necessarily prefer playing villains. I know a lot of people say they are more fun, but if the scriptwriter has done their work well, you can find something realistic in a villain and find the mistakes in a hero - it's all down to the writing.

  

  Mads Mikkelsen
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• My fiancee's brother-in-law was recently paralysed in an accident and it really brought home the fact that thousands of young people live with spinal injuries. It's an issue I wish had more coverage.

  

  Gary Lineker
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• Never let anybody get you down. Never give in to people who say nasty things on the Internet. Work to represent women in the best way possible because, even though respect and equality for women has progressed over time, it's still not in the place that it should be.

  

  Harley Quinn Smith
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• I didn't want to be the aunt where you come over and can't sit on the sofa.

  

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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
  • People
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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.

  

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• People come up to me and tell me they support me because I never left my principles.

  

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• I like to go to parties if I know who's going to be there, and if it's people I want to be with. I don't just go to go. And I always drive myself, because I hate being stuck places - there's nothing worse that going out and then being stuck!

  

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• Who would have thought that somebody Latino was going to be singing with Beyonce at Coachella? Years ago? Nobody. But I did believe in me. So, that's what I want to do: keep inspiring people as much as possible.

  

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• Whether thats positive or not, people are talking about the Old Vic Theater again with passion and commitment and controversy and debate.

  

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• Poor people will do almost anything to avoid problems. They see a challenge and they run...the secret to success, my friends, is not to try to avoid or get rid of or shrink from your problems; the secret is to grow yourself so that you are bigger than your problems.

  

  T. Harv Eker
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• I want to be remembered as somebody working hard, walking straight in life, most of the time, and just being a down-to-earth person, being loyal and being indestructible.

  

  Jens Voigt
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• When I talk about the Internet, it's because young people are there. TV and radio are still what moves the masses, and you can't ignore that. But you also have to feed that monster that grows daily, which is the Internet.

  

  Daddy Yankee
  • People
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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
  • People
  • Want
  • Get