Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
There are no tigers for us, just a city, waiting, and it loves us, in whatever ways a city can love.
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I would love to be in 'Dancing With the Stars.'
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Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
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Let life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right, always.
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Do not just look at your boyfriend as just a boyfriend. Look at him as a friend, too.
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Safeco Field is a lot like a National League park. Because of that, we're more of a pitching-defensive type club. Anaheim and Oakland - and even Texas - are more offensive oriented. We're a club that doesn't blow anybody out, but at the same time we don't get blown out much. We're in most of the games.
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We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
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I actually enjoy Britney Spears. Not as a singer but as a performer. I just enjoy watching her. I think, 'You are so brave.'
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I don't run a non-profit. There are lots of non-profits in America - in Detroit, parts of Wall Street, etc. I run a not for profit. We're a business. The only difference is that instead of selling soap or sneakers, we sell hope and leadership.
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How does it happen that the most intractable types always rise to the top?
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There's a place for him, but he's the final determinant as to whether he achieves that or not. He needs to capture the imagination of a universe hungry for decent thought and passion. All he has to do is be truthful and have a vision for what to do and stop playing a goddamn game of politics. If he does that, he'll get everything he needs.
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Everything that happens is supposed to be And it's all pre-determined, can't change your destiny Guess I'll just keep moving, someday maybe I'll get to where I'm going
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My lovely wife Janet has been in a few paintings. She is basically a reserved woman who has never sought the limelight. She has always been there throughout my career and continues to be at my side.
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With respect to drugs, you know, there are a lot of organizations, including an enormous budget and an army at the federal government level that tries to deal with the drug problem.
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As popular culture becomes more presentist, we move away from entertainment as the vicarious experience of a narrative - as watching someone else's story - and much more toward enacting one's own story. Moving away from myths and toward fantasy role-playing games, away from movies and toward videogames.
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Friendship is the most important thing of all.
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I like Akon, I like some of Lil Wayne when he uses that funky voice. Anything progressive.
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One glass of water doesn't equal another. One may just appease the thirst, the other you may enjoy thoroughly. In Japan, people know about this difference.
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I'm a very bad citizen. I've never even voted.
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I quit my job in the bank when I was 19. I took a chance. I went to Milan to study opera and singing. My father really supported me economically.
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The music industry is an interesting lens through which to look at change, because it has had such a difficult time adjusting to the digital age.
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Each of us carries within himself a collection of instant insults.
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I get treatment every day, just to keep on top of my body and help me recover, and it's really helped me a lot.
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Rhodora! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the earth and sky, Tell them, dear, that, if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for Being.
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There are no tigers for us, just a city, waiting, and it loves us, in whatever ways a city can love.
