Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
Do you understand Christ to be more like an ox (excuse us, three oxen) or more like a door?
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People like me were supposed to be into exclusivity, unapproachable. That's what I hate most. I think it's very demode.
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All my friends were non-Muslims. I actually knew very little about Islam - like, very little.
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When I was a young boy, I was obsessed with skulls and mummies and things like that.
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Ah, mastery... what a profoundly satisfying feeling when one finally gets on top of a new set of skills... and then sees the light under the new door those skills can open, even as another door is closing.
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I like a sort of androgynous look, but I also love feminine shapes.
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I'm the girl next door, not the sex symbol.
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I love going for a swim. Growing up in England, anywhere with a pool seems like the height of glamour to me.
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Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently manifested.
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Like many other kids, I liked watching anime.
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I like to be left alone when I'm not working.
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Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.
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I never wanted to be a director. I came into this industry by the little door, so I never learned anything; I never went to school. Actors will tell you I'm very precise. I just have the intuition of doing things.
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I love to personalize things. I love to make things my own. I like to name everything - from cars to iPhones to the socks I just lost.
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I do feel like I've missed out a bit because I was really close with my sisters when I was at home. It must be weird for them but they cope really well.
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I like the outdoors and the natural world. Environmental issues.
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I didn't like the '80s at all; it was a vulgar moment of fashion.
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I don't think, until you've actually lost somebody you really love, that you can go through that door that allows you to be grown-up.
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Productive givers focus on acting in the long-term best interests of others, even if it's not pleasant. They have the courage to give the critical feedback we prefer not to hear, but truly need to hear. They offer tough love, knowing that we might like them less, but we'll come to trust and respect them more.
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I work in the film business, where schmoozing is an art form, lunch hour lasts from 12:30 until 3, and every meeting takes an hour whether there's an hour's worth of business or not.
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I don't adjust my training for any of my opponents. I don't watch films on my opponents.
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Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.
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The search for a Jewish national home came about due to centuries of anti-Semitic pogroms, expulsions, discrimination and hate. The Holocaust was simply the evil culmination of all that came before it.
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It's hard to conceive of someone who could work for at least a few hours each day for months and years on the same story without it being close enough to their life experience to fuel their commitment.
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Do you understand Christ to be more like an ox (excuse us, three oxen) or more like a door?
