Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
The point's not what it costs; it's what it costs you. Everything you have. That's my price, that's my prize, that's my ransom, and that's my rune. The only price in the world that matters is the one that hurts to pay.

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I'm fighting hard to make the world a better place, and you can, too. Get involved with your community, be a leader, set an example, be passionate, be your best.
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A lot of what is most beautiful about the world arises from struggle.
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In the West, as well as some other parts of the world, the personal sense of ego tends to predominate, whereas in other areas, there is a more collective sense of ego. This collective ego emphasizes the 'we' rather than the 'I.'
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A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.
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The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who do the improbable.
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I really identified with Pocahontas' struggles as a young woman trying to identify herself in a modern, changing world and trying to stay true to her culture and heritage.
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Our World War II generation met the challenges of their time.
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It's very hard to find perfection in your life. But in the art world you can do that.
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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.
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My dad had a Vincent Black Shadow, which was a quite particular thing: it was the fastest cycle of its era... It sparked a world for me; when I was old enough, I got a motorcycle.
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There's not too many rich black people in this world.
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There is too little courtship in the world.
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Those looking for ideology in the White House should consider this: For the men who rule our world, rules are for other people.
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There are just certain realities about our world and I just happen to be creative within it.
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Why does America always need to be the world's policeman?
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There isn't anything in the world that can't be made better.
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What's so cool about movies is once you're done with the movie, you put it away and come up with a whole new different idea with different characters and a different world. But in TV, you build these characters, and you build this world, and then you're there for however long you do the show.
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I'm amazed by just constantly - there's not a week that goes past where there's not someone in Ulan Bator or Rio De Janeiro suddenly says, 'Ooh, 'Downton' started this week.' You completely forget it's staggered across the world.
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I always try to put something personal on my albums just to give people out there a little piece of my history and how I got where I am and who I am.
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I studied math, and I was terrible at it.
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I think people have all faced decisions at times where you never know.
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The point's not what it costs; it's what it costs you. Everything you have. That's my price, that's my prize, that's my ransom, and that's my rune. The only price in the world that matters is the one that hurts to pay.