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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The whole experience on 'Grown Ups 2' was like going to adult summer camp.
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People know my lyrics; they know the stuff I've written, and it's all about life, love, happiness, and these big euphoric moments. It would always bug me when I'd go to a club, and they're playing some chick on a stripper pole on the monitor behind me. I'm like, 'So that's not what I do - that's the other guy.'
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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 would never say that being Bob Marley's son has been a pressure. It has been a door opener.
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I didn't like the '80s at all; it was a vulgar moment of fashion.
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I like to originate new roles and characters for musical theater.
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Being a mom makes you far more compassionate. You have more empathy for people, more love. I was always taught to say thank you, and I'm very grateful. And my kids have that quality, too.
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I have to write what I can write, and writing the text of a picture book is like walking a tightrope, if you ramble off... As my friend Julius Lester says, 'A picture book is the essence of an experience.'
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I don't think I have a demographic. I was at Comic-Con in San Diego recently, and I was doing a signing, and my line was all military guys, young girls, housewives and guys in wheelchairs. There was just everybody all over the place.
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Do you understand Christ to be more like an ox (excuse us, three oxen) or more like a door?
