Catherynne M. Valente Quotes

Marya pinned out her childhood like a butterfly. She considered it the way a mathematician considers an equation.

Catherynne M. Valente

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• The words of truth are always paradoxical.

  

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• Jessica Lange was my biggest crush when I was a kid.

  

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• No one wanted to be my friend because of my lunchbox - because I never shared my lunchbox. One day the principal walked in and said, 'No one is friends with Karan Johar; who will be his friend?' My CEO today put his hand up there and said, he will.

  

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• We are building a company, Gemini, and the ETF, which is another company. I don't know if we're experts, but the goal is not to be an expert but to change the world. Does Richard Branson understand all the physics behind his space craft? I'm not sure.

  

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• I love being a part of something so many people can relate to and enjoy.

  

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• Not all lies are harmful. Sometimes we're willing participants in deception for the sake of social dignity, maybe to keep a secret that should be kept secret, secret. We say, 'Nice song.' 'Honey, you don't look fat in that, no.'

  

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• New York is more where art is bought than where art is made.

  

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• Any idealism is a proper subject for art.

  

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• In politics stupidity is not a handicap.

  

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• People aren't autonomous creatures. They're under a lot of pressure themselves.

  

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• True philanthropy requires a disruptive mindset, innovative thinking and a philosophy driven by entrepreneurial insights and creative opportunities.

  

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• My mom had me when she was 19 or 20. And my father was 22 or something. They were working on whatever they could, both of them aiming to be actors in theater.

  

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• I always felt myself to be an unlucky person like Donald, who is a victim of so many circumstances. But there isn't a person in the United States who couldn't identify with him. He is everything, he is everybody; he makes the same mistakes that we all make.

  

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• I still get to preach 14, 15 times a year. But you have to make a living.

  

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• Anyone wanting a new house picks one from among those built on speculation or still in process of construction. The builder no longer works for his customers but for the market.

  

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• Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway,And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray.

  

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• Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason.

  

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• Pop music has always been about the mainstream and what appeals to the public.

  

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• On the other hand, the waging of peace as a science, as an art, is in its infancy. But we can trace its growth, its steady progress, and the time will come when there will be particular individuals designated to assume responsibility for and leadership of this movement.

  

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• I love football; I enjoy it. That's why I've been in this game as many years as I have. I still like it. I get excited about it.

  

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• What do you suppose makes all men look back to the time of childhood with so much regret (if their childhood has been, in any moderate degree, healthy or peaceful)? That rich charm, which the least possession had for us, was in consequence of the poorness of our treasures.

  

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• People have a certain perfection about them, no matter who they are. Like when Janis Joplin sang. Gorgeous!

  

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• I still drink vodka; I'm not an advocate of drinking, but I'm no angel. I don't like grass, because it just makes me hungry.

  

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• Marya pinned out her childhood like a butterfly. She considered it the way a mathematician considers an equation.

  

  Catherynne M. Valente
  • Childhood
  • Butterfly
  • Mathematician