Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
A basic moral imperative is in play here. If you can protect a child, you must.Catherynne M. Valente
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My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
Barbara Bush -
I was a dancer first, which made me realize how much I loved performing.
Maddie Hasson -
It's not my job to be popular. I'm goal-driven; my job is to get results.
Paddy Ashdown -
The first time I worked with colors was by making these mosaics of Pantone swatches. They end up being very large pictures, and I photographed with a very large camera - an 8x10 camera. So you can see the surface of every single swatch - like in this picture of Chuck Close. And you have to walk very far to be able to see it.
Vik Muniz -
Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.
Mahatma Gandhi -
If you see the NBA now, a lot of it is in transition. Most people now try to get an easy shot off in six or eight seconds before the defense gets set.
Larry Brown
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If in 1989 I said, 'I have an idea: Bottle water and sell it. And charge more than a beer,' they would have chased me around with a giant butterfly net. The same with paying to watch a television station.
Adam Carolla -
I went to boarding school from the age of eight - first to prep school, then to Eton. One thing that kind of education teaches you is community living: there's little retreat. That's why people come out of it and talk about lifelong friendships forged in the furnace.
Damian Lewis -
Broad tolerance in the matter of beliefs is necessarily a part of the new ethics.
Lafcadio Hearn -
When we started out in '64, um, I was playing Number One, which was a woman second in command of a star ship.
Majel Barrett -
I now possess the tools as a producer and a songwriter to really just go out and make smashes all day long. I could make an album full of smash records that got pop appeal. But my heart is in hip-hop. My heart is in telling stories. And it's like therapy for me.
J. Cole -
As women, I think it helps that we are complex creatures by nature so just being a woman helps to understand a woman's journey.
Maggie Q
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R. Kelly is an image, a brand. That's my job. There's a whole other side of me that's Robert, who is a father, a friend. But then I put on the game face and go into the studio and do the music. That's just another day at the office.
R. Kelly -
I see a lot of scripts, and very few of them leap off the page at you.
Sam Shepard -
I'm no different than any other human being. I play music for a living, and we're very blessed.
Zac Brown Band -
I've never been a size 0.
Camila Alves -
I have a work ethic. If I say I'm going to do something, I do it.
Viggo Mortensen -
I was a common man, and I will always remain a common man. No amount of stardom will ever consume my soul. Money comes, money goes. Fame comes, fame goes. I believe every human being is a celebrity in their own right.
A. R. Rahman
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I indeed do respect all people for the positives in their life. Sadly, there comes a time of diminishing returns in the balance. At the end of the day, my respect is reserved for those solidly in the asset column of mankind.
Ted Nugent -
Music takes us where words cannot.
Henry Winkler -
Those who speak up, those who use their connections, are more likely to succeed than those who sit and wait.
Madeleine M. Kunin -
Live everyday as if it were your last because someday you're going to be right.
Muhammad Ali -
My memories of Vatican II center on white parishioners turning away from me when I went to shake their hands at Mass during the sign of peace.
Anthea Butler -
A basic moral imperative is in play here. If you can protect a child, you must.
Catherynne M. Valente