Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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Whatever you want to do in the industry, do it on the smallest level at first. If you want to be a writer, write a screenplay in your house. If you want to be an actor, put on a one-man show. If you want to be a stand-up comedian, go to an open mic.
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On a personal level, there are many people who have meant a great deal to me. My father and mother were certainly of vital importance, not only in themselves but because they created a world for me to revolt against.
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If the perpetrators of the World Trade Center plane crashes had a nuclear weapon, there's no doubt in my mind but that they would've detonated it in New York.
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Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
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Outside the walls, among others, is the Soviet Empire. It is malevolent, destructive and expanding. It has swallowed up over half a dozen countries since World War II.
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Some people feel good about helping others, and they do so often. They do not realize that their good deeds have a second agenda. They want to be appreciated.
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All the world has been converted and Washington is the modem Mecca.
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In a perfect world, there would be freedom of religion and freedom for all religions to exercise their religion everywhere.
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There are no friends at cards or world politics.
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The ultimate search engine would basically understand everything in the world, and it would always give you the right thing. And we're a long, long ways from that.
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In my opinion, whenever you get two guys who want to fight each and two guys who want to be in a good fight, you let them fight.
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I want to behave more like a boy... I want to be the strong one.
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When people are very damaged, they can often meet the world with a kind of defiance.
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Perhaps if all the peoples of the world understand what war really means, we would eliminate it.
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I did not want to get involved with a rock star. No way. It is not a sane thing to do.
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In the developed world, we live 30 years longer, on average, than our ancestors born a century ago, but the price we pay for those added years is the rise of chronic diseases.
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When you know what you're passionate about and what you want to do, just go for it and own it.
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I've learned that if one is arrogant and if something bad happens to him, people won't want him to succeed. They will make more of an effort to bring him down.
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Those who say they want to be writers, and aren’t writing, don’t.
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I have such respect for guest actors. They don't know all the characters as deeply as the regulars, and the cast isn't your family, so you have more at stake.
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Consistency creates credibility.
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The Parthenon is really only a farmyard over which someone put a roof; colonades and sculptures were added because there were people in Athens who happened to be working and wanted to express themselves.
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Draw the world the way you want it. Draw it and it will be.
