Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
We are all dead. All equal. Broken and aimless and believing we are alive. This is Russia and it is 1952. What else would you call hell?
Catherynne M. Valente
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If you're going to learn a new language, you can't try to be perfect. You'll stop yourself from talking. You just have to let go.
Yao Ming
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A Persian army being then subject to great inconveniences, for their horses are tied and generally shackled to prevent them from running away, and if an alarm happens, a Persian has the housing to fix, his horse to bridle, and his corslet to put on before he can mount.
Xenophon
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I play-acted and started performing, which just logically led to doing it in school, which led to studying it in college, which led to auditioning to the showcase in New York. And then I had an agent, and I was an actress.
Mamie Gummer
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Speaking is physically difficult for me.
Gabrielle Giffords
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Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
Saint Teresa of Avila
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I have never played a role in which someone's dark side shouldn't be explored.
Daniel Craig
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You either listen to the naysayers and fall into the pit of self-loathing, or you stay on the path and move forward.
Chris Pine
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If your mental attitude is positive, even when threats abound, you won’t lose your inner peace. On the other hand, if your mind is negative, marked by fear, suspicion and feelings of helplessness, even among your best friends, in a pleasant atmosphere and comfortable surroundings, you won’t be happy.
Dalai Lama
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I want to go skydiving. I'd love to go to the Galapagos. Nature still excites me.
Wayne Knight
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Any comparison diminishes the expressive qualities of the terms of the comparison.
Gaston Bachelard
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Since Mary is the prototype of pure womanhood, the imitation of Mary must be the goal of girls' education.
Edith Stein
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We are all dead. All equal. Broken and aimless and believing we are alive. This is Russia and it is 1952. What else would you call hell?
Catherynne M. Valente