Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
He'll burn you down like wax if you let him. You'll think it's love, while he dines on your heart. And maybe it will be. But he's so hungry, he'll eat you all in one sitting, and you'll be in his belly, and what will you do then?
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They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America?
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If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.
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I really hate to write.
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When you're surrounded by all these people, it can be even lonelier than when you're by yourself. You can be in a huge crowd, but if you don't feel like you can trust anybody or talk to anybody, you feel like you're really alone.
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I think I've been really good at surrounding myself with really talented people. I've picked the right coattails to ride on.
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In the future, I want to have super-fights.
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I went from buying my own condominium and a car for myself when I was 17 on 'The Facts of Life' to not being able to pay my rent. I was at the unemployment office all the time. I had to sell my record collection just to make ends meet. And then I started getting these voice-over jobs.
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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Maybe that's what life is... a wink of the eye and winking stars.
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Often I pretended to a cameraman to know less than I did. That way I got more cooperation.
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I'm interested in morality and mortality, and 'Deadpool' kind of has all of these themes.
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I have no interest in non-fiction. I don't read it and don't watch it and don't write it, other than a little journalistic column.
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If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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I want every version of a woman and a man to be possible. I want women and men to be able to be full-time parents or full-time working people or any combination of the two.
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I hardly look at myself in the mirror... I'll only wear makeup if I need to cover something up. But I've recently started caring about my skin. I just turned 60 and was like, 'OK, maybe it's time to start thinking about it.' Before that, I would just splash water on my face, put cream on, and then leave.
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People I respect complimenting me on my work in fashion is more exciting to me than anything I ever achieved as a Spice Girl.
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We don't have one of those houses where there's a rope that separates the kids' area from the adult area. There's a happy medium. It's all about fabric choices, accessories.
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You wouldn't recognize me from one project to the next.
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People like me who were engaging in brinkmanship with the party economic bosses and the open dissidents who were being arrested were pursuing a common goal in different ways.
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If we are meant to "love thy neighbor as theyself," then surely we should love the world's children as our own.
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The more you notice the love, the miracles and the beauty around you, the more love comes into your life.
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I was part of the generation that pushed the Internet. In fact, I broke as an artist in the U.S.A. because of the Internet.
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When I first started performing, the only community that truly got what I was trying to do was the LGBTQ community.
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He'll burn you down like wax if you let him. You'll think it's love, while he dines on your heart. And maybe it will be. But he's so hungry, he'll eat you all in one sitting, and you'll be in his belly, and what will you do then?
