Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.
Saint Teresa of Avila -
I don't putt face-on exclusively, but in the back on my mind I'm haunted by the notion that I'm sure it's the best way to putt.
Gary McCord -
I married beneath me, all women do.
Nancy Astor -
Homosexuality in Russia is a crime and the punishment is seven years in prison, locked up with the other men. There is a three year waiting list.
Yakov Smirnoff -
I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.
Harold Washington -
When I write a goal down - and I truly write them down - it becomes a part of me. That's a contract that I sign with myself to say, 'I don't care what happens - I'm going to stay on this path. I'm going to try and see this through; I'm going to give it my best shot, my best effort.'
Gail Devers
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A lot of black guys always ask me, 'Did Larry Bird really play that good?' I said, 'Larry Bird is so good it's frightening.'
Magic Johnson -
If people think I look good, it's the make-up.
Francesca Annis -
I think that in the end, a talk show is a very different animal.
Dan Abrams -
That heart alone is hard which does not shudder at itself for not feeling its hardness.
Saint Bernard -
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
My priorities are to make sure we get the prescription drug bill, that we fund the research in NIH adequately, and that we fund the Center for Disease Control adequately.
Ralph Regula
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I was a carpenter for a time and everybody watches what you do.
Jack Vance -
So many girls come up and say to me, 'I have never listened to country music in my life. I didn't even know my town had a country-music station. Then I got your record, and now I'm obsessed.' That's the coolest compliment to me.
Taylor Swift -
The Pre-Raphaelites, while very bothered by what the establishment thought of them, also utterly rebelled against it. In everything - social, sexual, emotional - they were out on a limb, pushing the boundaries.
Samuel Barnett -
'I haven’t organized my life as a narrative, you know. I’m not sure you’ll understand.''As listeners, we are not required to understand,' said Qiingi. 'Only to care.'
Karl Schroeder -
The outline of our lives, like the candles flame, is continuously coaxed in new directions by a variety of random events that, along with our responses to them, determine our fate.
Leonard Mlodinow -
My country right or wrong; when right, to keep her right; when wrong, to put her right.
Carl Schurz
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Shooting a season can be a grind. It can be seven to eight months of work. Once you stop, it slows down any momentum you had.
Cress Williams -
We need to do more to stop Iran's persecution of different religious faiths, including Sunni Muslims, Christians, and Bahais. We must do more to protect the Iranian's people's right to freedom of expression.
Brad Schneider -
Reality TV to me is the museum of social decay.
Gary Oldman -
You know, we're all human beings, and we're not made to be alone.
Bill Kaulitz -
We all just keep moving, September. We keep moving until we stop.
Catherynne M. Valente