Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
The smell of loving is a difficult one to describe, but if you think of the times when someone has held you close and made you safe, you will remember how it smells just as well as I do.
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If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.
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Debate and divergence of views can only enrich our history and culture.
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They wanted to audition people for the Middle East correspondent on 'The Daily Show.' They wanted to hire somebody ethnic for that slot. Helms had left, Cordry had left, and they felt that they needed an ethnic face. So, I went in and auditioned, and I got the job.
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I compose music for films, and by the grace of God, I've got a few awards. That's it.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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Books have always helped me make sense of things. With any life experience, you can find someone who has documented it in a poetic way.
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Any reaction is better than none.
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On Career Day in high school, you don't walk around looking for the cartoon guy.
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I'm not the hands-on guy. I like writing the check, and I turn it over to the guys that make it happen, much like the way I ran my business.
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I know one writer who has been subscribing authors without their permission and sending out what she thinks are helpful advice sheets, but they come off as if she's a know-it-all. She thinks she's marketing herself and her work. All she's really doing is turning readers off.
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When I moved to Atlanta, I felt like an outsider - away from my friends and family except for the LGBTQ community.
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There's a joke that, if you can ride through Texas with somebody, which is 700 miles of just straight, flat freeway riding, then you can be friends with them forever.
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I think, anyone in the arts, you're self-employed; it's so difficult.
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I'm not a big person, so every time they were adding these big guys to the cast, I said to my trainer, 'We're screwed, dude.' I'm only five foot five, and I'm going to look so little.
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I'm a terrible cook, but I make very good lobster salad.
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I'd get to a point with my colleagues when I couldn't explain any further, because it came down to 'To him who has had the experience no explanation is necessary, to him who has not, none is possible.'.
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Early, bright, transient, chaste as morning dew,She sparkled, was exhal'd and went to heaven.
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He would be the finer gentleman that should leave the world without having tasted of lying or pretence of any sort, or of wantonness or conceit.
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The ancient Greek oral poets all had this anxiety about the deficiencies of their memories and always began poems by praying to the Muse to help them remember.
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I always tell clients you have to be able to remember why you chose to do a movie: to always be able to look at a movie and know, whether it's good or bad, why you chose to do it.
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I felt that writing about peoples' lives was a heck of a responsibility, and I wanted to know them in a deep way.
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If you come out of the gate with a finger pointed, then you really aren't opening the door to any sort of resolution to whatever the problem may be. Whether it's about race or sexual orientation or religion, if you can't empathize with the opposing party, then you can't really meet in the middle.
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I don't think an actor's job is to be recognized. I think an actor's job is to facilitate the writing in a way that changes the way people think. No other business does that.
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The smell of loving is a difficult one to describe, but if you think of the times when someone has held you close and made you safe, you will remember how it smells just as well as I do.
