Catherynne M. Valente Quotes

I'm gonna be good at something other than marrying, darlings. Besides, I don't want them. I don't even wanna screw them, how am I gonna marry them?

Catherynne M. Valente

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• There was no relationship between a wedding dress and fashion. There was no good taste, either. I realized that I could make an impression in terms of changing and readdressing the whole industry of bridal.

  

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• When readers close the covers on 'Running the Rift,' I want them to understand that it is not a genocide novel but rather a story of hope and rebirth.

  

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• I just want to make a classic. Classic is the standard. I'm just trying to make music that will last a lifetime.

  

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• I'm focused on energy only. And I know what I'm talking about. And I don't want to be distracted on other things.

  

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• I always suggest that when you're going through cancer to find something in your day that makes you feel centered and that makes you feel good.

  

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• I am certainly not a good Muslim. But I am able now to say that I am Muslim; in fact it is a source of happiness to say that I am now inside, and a part of the community whose values have always been closest to my heart.

  

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• In all good westerns, the good guy is always a little bit questionable because he kind-of has to make moral judgments.

  

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• When I'm singing, it's a mixture of my innocence in the projects, my mom and dad. It's all the good and the bad, the laughs and the frowns that I went through and seen other people go through. Then you be trying to write it. Whatever's coming out, you try and make it all cool.

  

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• If you want to change a country, you're going to be bumped every now and then.

  

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• In this world, you can choose to be positive, or you can choose to be negative. You can choose to see things through a set of eyes that sees good, or you can choose to see things in life that aren't so good.

  

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  • Life
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• I used to want to be in 'Downton' because I had never been in a period drama, but then I did 'The Suspicions of Mr Whicher' and had to wear one of those frocks and... I didn't feel very comfortable.

  

  Olivia Colman
  • Want
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• I want to behave more like a boy... I want to be the strong one.

  

  Cara Delevingne
  • Want
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• The reason to retire is to try to avoid embarrassment; you ought to do it before people are dropping big hints. You want to be the first to come up with the idea. You don't want to wait until you trip and fall off the stage.

  

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• I'm the worst rider. I'm a terrible rider. Me and horses are not a good mix. For some reason, people are always trying to get me on a horse in a movie.

  

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• Most of the time, I don't really give people a chance. I have a wall up. I'm always protecting who I am. Thinking about my brand. I make it hard on people. Sometimes, it's a good thing. Sometimes, it's a bad thing.

  

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• If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Done
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• I want to try and do as much as I can as an actor. So far I think I've done pretty well with being a minister's son. And now I know I'm pretty darn good at playing a woman too.

  

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• I've always only wanted to model. It really is the only life I want.

  

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• I think there's an opportunity for a couple of them for sure, maybe more depending upon the situation, but it's too early to say which ones. It's a pretty competitive fight. And that doesn't mean the older guys are just going to walk into spots. I remind them all the time - you got to earn everything you get. And that's what made our team good last year, is guys really competed for opportunities and understood their roles.

  

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• I'd never say no to surgery in the future, because I feel like, as I get older, I'm going to face temptation more.

  

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• A lot of people have the misconception that, as a Muslim woman, I am somehow against women wearing bikinis. No, I want women to feel comfortable and confident in whatever they wear.

  

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• You can change yourself and you can change the situation but you absolutely cannot change other people. Only they can do that.

  

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• I'm gonna be good at something other than marrying, darlings. Besides, I don't want them. I don't even wanna screw them, how am I gonna marry them?

  

  Catherynne M. Valente
  • Good
  • Want
  • Other