Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
Children are natural practitioners of the Queer and the Questing, for childhood is nothing but a quest through a queer country. Of course, they often have a good deal of trouble with the Quiet.
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My daughter is my passion and my life.
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I can just sense some eyes, some people kinda stare a little bit like they recognize me but don't quite know for sure kinda thing.
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Write for yourself. That's it. And write every day.
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Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.
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Striving to tell his woes, words would not come; For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb.
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I had heard that Robert Duvall was interested in doing 'Lonesome Dove,' and he's one of those actors with whom I'd work on any project. So I tracked down the script and started to bug the producer, Dyson Lovell, to get in there.
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I guess rumors are more exciting than the truth.
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It took me ten minutes to write this very sentence. I'm no writer. This is not my calling.
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As Americans, we have the right to decide who lives within our borders, and we can't let unscrupulous employers to undercut honest business owners by exploiting cheap labor.
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I just love what I do. I'm not worried about any burnout.
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The end of a picture is always an end of a life.
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I wish I came from a more pure place. I don't have something to say from the bottom of my soul. I just know how to take stuff I like and repackage it in a slightly different way.
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An epigram is only a wisecrack that's played at Carnegie Hall.
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How can people be anything but ignorant when knowledge isn’t saved, isn’t taught?
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Choice of aim is clearly a matter of clarification of values, especially on the choice between possible options.
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The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything.
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I know that my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and government orders.
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I'm not aiming for an Academy Award.
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People think you're crazy if you turn money down... people worship money.
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No Afghans, as far as we know, have been involved in terrorist acts against our country. We shouldn't be swatting at hornets' nests we know nothing about.
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I've worked with a lot of people who are more famous than myself who are terribly insecure.
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I don't want awards. I am not saying this like it's a case of sour grapes. It isn't. I have been to a couple of award functions, and I soon realised that it doesn't give me the kick that it does to others.
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Children are natural practitioners of the Queer and the Questing, for childhood is nothing but a quest through a queer country. Of course, they often have a good deal of trouble with the Quiet.
