Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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I am a story-teller, and I look to academic research... for ways of augmenting story-telling.
Malcolm Gladwell -
We think of feminism as an academic subject, but it's not. If you think feminism is academic, you think there's a right or wrong.
Caitlin Moran -
Rising genius always shoots out its rays from among the clouds, but these will gradually roll away and disappear as it ascends to its steady luster.
Washington Irving -
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 -
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 -
I want to be a real artist to consumers. I want to be the real thing for them.
Aaron Carter
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I was always telling everyone, I want to be a broadcaster. They'd say, What, are you crazy? What, you're going to be Arthur Godfrey?
Larry King -
There is no reason to change this system. I don't think we'll abandon it. For us the most important thing is to be compact in the back. That's the kind of game we have to play here and it will be very difficult to beat us.
Oliver Kahn -
Where there is Torah it sustains the world.
Ovadia Yosef -
Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
Gary Hamel -
I never think of access or good will. I just want a good interview. I want guests to be informative and entertaining. I've never been concerned about someone's liking me tomorrow.
Larry King -
I have an obsession with knowing the answers to things. When I don't know what happened, it just bothers me, gets under my skin, and I need to write about it.
Taylor Swift
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I don't have a big career plan. I just like to see how things come out, and I just try to keep going in different directions.
Kate Beckinsale -
I contribute my best in my sport and I also have a ton of respect for myself and my family.
Venus Williams -
Anything salty and crunch is a world of perfection to me. Put chips in front of me, and I will eat to the bottom of the bag. Because I have the tendency to do this, I found these amazing Eden Brown Rice Chips. They're the perfect amount of salt and crunch, and there's nothing in them.
Tamara Taylor -
Starting a new business will take its toll on your time and energy, and this can place strain on family and social relationships, depending on their expectations and how open you are in your communication with them.
Fabrizio Moreira -
I don't want to be satisfied with where I'm at or happy about what I've done. I want to keep pushing it.
Patrick Kane -
My sleep is very important, and I have to have at least eight hours every night in order to function properly the next day. Unfortunately, flying through several time zones makes me disorientated, and it takes several days to readjust.
Olly Murs
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Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.
Wayne Dyer -
I think most Americans don't really care about politicians bickering in Washington.
Ted Cruz -
Then he felt remorseful, which was so unlike him and endearing that I almost changed my mind and said yes. But then I imagined a lifetime of having to cry to get him to be kind, and I went back to no again.
Annie Barrows -
I love recording music.
J. J. Abrams -
That's your first hint that something's alive. It says no.
Catherynne M. Valente