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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I sometimes feel that the world is a very uncivilised place where it is meant to be at its most civilised. Where it's meant to be intellectual or artistic or compassionate, it isn't, and that makes me very angry.
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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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As a child, I loved story books and wanted to be in them so desperately and live the stories.
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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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There is nothing more worrisome to ISIS than cooperation between 'the West' and the Muslim world, for it defies the narrative of a clash of civilisations the group is trying to revive.
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I would rather not have contentious interviews. I'd rather do 30 minutes with Charlie Rose, laid back in a La-Z-Boy chair.
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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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I know it's cheesy, but if you listen to the universe, it gives you pointers. I strongly believe if you keep your ears open and eyes open, your path will become clear. You just have to make sure you don't ignore it.
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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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I've been waiting 13 years for justice.
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To be 26 years old and lose your left heart ventricle was probably the most dramatic thing that's ever happened to me in my life...
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I actually enjoy being on my own, because it allows me to do what I do.
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Today, nearly 40 percent of a senior's healthcare spending is on pharmaceutical medications.
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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.
