Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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Many in Taiwan believe that Hu Jintao is much more sophisticated than his predecessors in understanding Taiwan. He represents a different generation of leaders, more pragmatic, less ideological.
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I have one of these bodies. When I was younger, I could never put weight on, and now that I'm a little older, there's a natural sort of chubbiness coming. But honestly, if I work out for a week, it drops off in no time.
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Action is the foundational key to all success.
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I'm very proud to be British, and my brand is British.
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Mothers who work full time - they're the real heroes.
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If I didn't believe in what I'm doing, I'd rather go to work in a dime store.
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If Bret went in there and stunk the place out, then they probably wouldn't have brought the little brother in. So just by being successful himself, it opened the door for me.
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I'm always worried about everything. Like spiders.
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I think just being on 'One Tree Hill' has given me a lot of confidence.
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To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today.
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I have always liked to get my pictures taken, and I like taking care of my looks. But, I am not one to use beauty products and treatments.
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Look at any country that's plagued with poverty, disease or violence; the antidote is girls. Girls are the antibodies to many of society's ills.
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Maui reminded me of San Diego: beautiful, but crowded.
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It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances.
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There are three orchestras in Munich, all world-quality, in a city of one million. Yet every hall is full.
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But probably my favorite music, believe it or not, is sad music.
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If I made a musical in the beginning of my career, it would have been crane shots and tracking shots and people coming out of cakes and whatever, but these techniques are something that I've left behind me.
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When it comes to memoir, we want to catch the author in a lie. When we read fiction, we want to catch the author telling the truth.
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Voting third-party in 2016 meant choosing The Green Party's Jill Stein, the Libertarian Party's Gary Johnson, or Independent Candidate Evan McMullion.
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I will say I remember the best thing in terms of publicity was being on the cover of Newsweek.
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One should never impose one's views on a problem; one should rather study it, and in time a solution will reveal itself.
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I will make action movies, I think, for a few more years, another five years.
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She was a vengeful goddess and her will was absolute.
