Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
We who were once living can guard you still, and love you, and keep you living safe and whole. Nothing ever truly dies.
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I would love to be a singer if I had the talent for it. I'd love to be a graphic designer if I had the talent for it. Those are things I've always just admired - the work of other artists.
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I think I've been really good at surrounding myself with really talented people. I've picked the right coattails to ride on.
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Shimeji are those odd-looking clusters of small mushrooms you often find in so-called 'exotic' selections at the supermarket. They have an appealing firmness that is retained during light cooking.
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You'll be fooled if you only get your hip-hop from the mainstream, you know. The things that move people are not just found in the mainstream cultures. And when we talk about hip-hop in general, hip-hop's basically preoccupied with life.
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The first girl you go to bed with is always pretty.
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I know how to make the difference. When I make the difference, I often do it at the end of the match, and that shows that I am fresh.
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I'm one of those people if you ask, 'What's your favourite song?' I'm going to give you five. I don't have just one favourite.
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The classic, 'Romeo and Juliet,' for me, is the iconic story of young love.
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We can only restore faith in government if the state itself becomes an efficient, effective and transparent ally of the people. Bureaucratic inefficiencies, abuses of power and the misappropriation of public funds must end.
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I can't go into a mob scene and sense the mood and the attitude of the crowd. I can't conduct man-on-the-street interviews or even get reactions that I can be sure are honest, because they know who I am.
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I am constantly thinking ahead to what I want to write about in the future, and when I'm done with one project, I give myself a little time and then start the next one.
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None of the other guys in the band really sang, so that's when I brought Roy Clark in.
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I've always had a passion for music, but I never saw me as a musician for a living. I never thought that I could make a living. It never dawned on me.
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I'm down for adventure and up for anything.
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My father has a general rule. He says if I haven't done it in real life I shouldn't do it on-screen.
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I can't figure out how you can hire a coach and tell him how you want him to play.
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You spend so much to buy these media net stories or full page ads to build perception... you can rather save this money and put it in the making or marketing of the film.
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There's only one set of books I've written that I knew was going to be more than one book at the beginning, and those are the 'Missing Link' books.
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The chief proof of man's real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness.
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I didn't even realize I was writing songs - I thought I was just being witty and sarcastic.
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A painter who has the feel of breasts and buttocks is saved.
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It's hard to balance everything. It's always challenging.
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That's the whole challenge of life - to act with honor and hope and generosity, no whatter what you've drawn. You can't help when or what you were born, you may not be able to help how you die; but you can - and you should - try to pass the days between as a good man.
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We who were once living can guard you still, and love you, and keep you living safe and whole. Nothing ever truly dies.
