Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
A Fairy must make her own way in the world, for the world will never make way for her. That, incidentally, is the First Theorem of Questing Physicks
Catherynne M. Valente
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It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
Dag Hammarskjold
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In 1994, after four years of talking about travel on my first show, I realized I knew so little about the world - I knew so little about myself. I decided to quit my job and pursue a postgraduate degree in New York.
Yang Lan
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I always wanted the films to play in malls, and I wanted as many people as possible to see them. I never want them to be marginalized in the kind of rarefied, elitist world. I always have hopes that the films will permeate culture in a big way. A lot of times, I'm wrong, but it's always the hope.
Harmony Korine
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There's no day when I don't think it would be great to be 25 years old and have the Olympics coming in less than 300 days - and be the best in the world. I can't think of anything so motivating.
Daley Thompson
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Like the United Nations, there is something inspirational about New York as a great melting pot of different cultures and traditions. And if this is the city that never sleeps, the United Nations works tirelessly, around the clock around the world.
Ban Ki-moon
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Because the world is in economic recession, which worsened since this drama happened, and our country will bear the burden of all of these consequences.
Omar Bongo
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Every Yom Kippur, Jewish tradition requires a strict spiritual inventory. You aren't supposed to just sit around feeling guilty, but to take action in the real world to set things right.
Naomi Wolf
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In every particular state of the world, those nations which are strongest tend to prevail over the others; and in certain marked peculiarities the strongest tend to be the best.
Walter Bagehot
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What I say now is that the way the world underestimates me will be my greatest weapon. People pat me on the head, and I go to myself, oh, and aren't they going to be surprised.
Calista Flockhart
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Dictators are ludicrous characters, and, you know, in my career and in my life, I've always enjoyed sort of inhabiting these ludicrous, larger-than-life characters that somehow exist in the real world.
Sacha Baron Cohen
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Success in Iraq will be a major setback for terrorists and a major asset for the security of this region. The struggle for Iraq is the struggle for the future of the world.
Zalmay Khalilzad
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Gandalf saves the world and saves the soul of the world, really.
Ian Mckellen
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Beauty will be convulsive or will not be at all.
Andre Breton
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The decisions I've made have not always been the most popular, but when I look back, I want to know I've played for good football teams.
Alan Smith
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Quivi sospiri, pianti e alti guairisonavan per l'aere sanza stelle,per ch'io al cominciar ne lagrimai.Diverse lingue, orribili favelle,parole di dolore, accenti d'ira,voci alte e fioche, e suon di man con ellefacevano un tumolto, il qual s'aggirasempre in quell'aura sanza tempo tinta,come la rena quando turbo spira.
Dante Alighieri
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There are enough negative images of Black women out there and I did not want to portray Dorothy Vaughn in any stereotype. I wanted to make sure that her integrity was preserved.
Octavia Spencer
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The central Christian belief is that Christ's death has somehow put us right with God and given us a fresh start.
C. S. Lewis
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A Fairy must make her own way in the world, for the world will never make way for her. That, incidentally, is the First Theorem of Questing Physicks
Catherynne M. Valente
