Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
A basic moral imperative is in play here. If you can protect a child, you must.
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My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
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I was a dancer first, which made me realize how much I loved performing.
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It's not my job to be popular. I'm goal-driven; my job is to get results.
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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.
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Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Broad tolerance in the matter of beliefs is necessarily a part of the new ethics.
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When we started out in '64, um, I was playing Number One, which was a woman second in command of a star ship.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I see a lot of scripts, and very few of them leap off the page at you.
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I'm no different than any other human being. I play music for a living, and we're very blessed.
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I've never been a size 0.
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I have a work ethic. If I say I'm going to do something, I do it.
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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.
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It is not easy to find something that will intrigue and bind your interest and enthusiasm. This you must seek for yourself.
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It is perfectly possible to live a very moral life without a belief in God, and I think it's perfectly possible to live a life peppered with ill-doing and believe in God.
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Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.
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Dear Mr. President: ... We urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraq sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs.
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There's the paradox of making pop music when you're in your 50s. People weren't meant to be doing that originally and yet they are. Mick Jagger [used to say] we're not going to be doing Satisfaction when I'm in a wheelchair.
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A basic moral imperative is in play here. If you can protect a child, you must.
