Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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I congratulate you, my fellow-citizens, upon the high state of prosperity to which the goodness of Divine Providence has conducted our common country.
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The American people likewise want to see enforcement first, no tricks, no triggers, no amnesty, enforcing existing laws and closing loopholes to reaffirm that our great Republic is, in fact, a nation of laws.
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For clothes and accessories, I love my friend's boutique; One by One and UT.LAB for shoes.
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I've had two fights in my life. Both times I threw one punch, and both times I broke my hand! I really am a stranger to the world of fighting.
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New Zealanders have conventions and pleasantries, but we are direct. We are encouraged to be transparent with our behavior and not to employ passive aggression.
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As for my own music, I've never written a book about it. I'm not pedagogical... When I write an abstract piano sonata or a concerto, I write what I feel. I'm not a self-conscious composer.
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With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.
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And in fact I don't believe there is such a thing as a definitive picture of something. The land is a living, breathing thing and light changes its character every second of every day. That's why I love it so much.
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My favorite body part? My feet. They're not pretty, but they get me where I want to go.
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I could actually be somebody that, if you showed me new gun-control legislation could help solve this problem, I might actually be able to support something like that.
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Acting is a form of confusion.
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I don't like to leave anything unfinished on my desk before I travel.
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If I'm going to be a jazz player, I need to understand Miles Davis.
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The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called 'truth'.
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A lot of people behind the scenes were telling me that I was going to have to do something with my hair, my weight, all of that stuff.
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The standardized American is largely a myth created not least by Americans themselves.
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Coming off 'House of Cards,' playing someone so straight-laced, I was getting offered a lot of F.B.I. agents.
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We go old-school during the summer, like swimming or setting up lemonade stands. I try to teach my kids to make their own fun.
Gail Devers
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I wouldn't say you can engineer viral. But there is viral content that comes from dense communities.
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Children will draw pictures with everything in them...houses and trees and people and animals...and the sun AND the moon. Grown-up says, "That's a nice picture, Honey, but you put the moon and the sun in the sky at the same time and that isn't right." But the child is right! The sun and moon are in the sky at the same time.
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Anyone that's ever gone to space is always wanting to go back.
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I just love what Nicholas Britell did with 'Moonlight.'
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Also, as I've gotten older and more mature, I've become much more comfortable in my own skin. After 25 years of doing stand-up, that's reflected onstage.
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It is best in the end to let women see to their own vengeance.
