Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
No one should be judged for loving more than they ought, only for loving not enough
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Thousands of years and many civilizations have defined a marriage as the union between one man and one woman. With few exceptions, those civilizations that did not follow that perished.
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Like all readers, I want my limits to be drawn by my own sensibilities, not by my melanin count.
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I'm just not into happy-clappy pop. Unless it's happy-clappy pop in a good way.
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Our responsibility is to captivate you for however long we've asked for your attention. That said, there is tremendous drama to be gotten from the great, what you would say, heavy issues.
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I approve designs not because I think I am more gifted or somebody who can see ahead three or four years from now, but just to make sure that the design is a logical, rational decision, taken after analyzing pros and cons.
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When leaders throughout an organization take an active, genuine interest in the people they manage, when they invest real time to understand employees at a fundamental level, they create a climate for greater morale, loyalty, and, yes, growth.
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No constitution is or can be perfectly symmetrical, what it can and must be is generally accepted as both fair and usable.
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The 5,000 or so acres of Royal Parks are one of the things that make London special.
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One of my friends went on a murder weekend... now he is doing life for it.
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My friends call me Miss Worst Case Scenario.
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My history teacher could make us feel like he was imparting rare gossip to us when he was talking about Maria Theresa and the Habsburgs. I just loved that sense of - the Western canon is here, and it's gossipy and tawdry, and everyone is sort of goofy.
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When I was about nine or 10, I was on a few random talent shows in shopping malls.
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How shall I describe Youth, the time of contradictions and anomalies? The fiercest radicalisms, the most dogged conservatisms, irrepressible gayety, bitter melancholy,-all these moods are equally part of that showery spring-time of life.
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We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don't give a second thought to the chances we take.
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You don't mow another man's lawn!
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I grew up with British rock.
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Why do those who keep insisting Jesus hung out with sinners also keep insisting there's no such thing as sin?
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I'm bout that fast money, money ain't got no patience. But if them boys come run like you on probation.
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I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find that we are turned to hating.
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I do not admit that my doctrine can be judged by anyone.
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There should be in eloquence that which is pleasing and that which is real; but that which is pleasing should itself be real.
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As for reality, I don't even have any interest in that word.
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No one should be judged for loving more than they ought, only for loving not enough
