Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
But even the wisest of men may die, and that is especially true when the wisest of men has a fondness for industrial chemicals.
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Unfortunately, there is still much to mine in this world and explore creatively.
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We're not a nation divided: we're a nation broken, and anything broken can be fixed.
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An Englishman will fairly drink as much As will maintain two families of Dutch.
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The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment of theology.
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Puberty extends into your twenties, for sure, and some people don't get over that until much later in life. I feel like I'm just starting to get over puberty - basically twenty years of insufferable, totally self-obsessed hell.
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It is always interesting and sometimes even important to have intimate knowledge of a composer's life, but it is not essential in order to understand the composer's works.
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The slow philosophy is not about doing everything in tortoise mode. It's less about the speed and more about investing the right amount of time and attention in the problem so you solve it.
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I'm not really clear what the whole deal is with flags. I like my flag, but I wouldn't die for it. There's issues of identity, of course. That's going to always come in. I, for example, don't want to be called a 'North Britisher.' I want to be Scottish.
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I have the same friends and the same bad habits.
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Basically my whole life revolves around soccer. I don't take many vacations. Everything just gets put on the back burner because of my training. I miss out on a lot of weddings and family functions. But at the end of the day, I'm sitting here as a world champion, and it feels pretty good.
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I hear the Sophie Giraffe is great for teething. Another thing I really love right now is the Moby Baby Carrier. To me, it seems like a natural way to hold the baby close to you. I also love the burp cloths, bibs, and swaddle blankets from Aden and Anais. Their stuff is organic and pure.
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My mother was born in Wilmington, Delaware. She's a U.S. citizen, so I'm a U.S. citizen.
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Without numerous schools offering hands-on opportunities, no commander will be cultivated.
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That experience with 'Rent' went by so fast. I was younger. I didn't even really know what opening night was. And now I'm thinking back on the times I went to Broadway as a kid and the excitement I felt... And I'm realizing that I'm actually a part of that, so I'm learning to take it in, 'cause so often I shrug it away.
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Until the seventeenth century there was no concept of evidence with which to pose the problem of induction!
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Then spoke the thunder DA Datta: what have we given? My friend, blood shaking my heart The awful daring of a moment's surrender Which an age of prudence can never retract By this, and this only, we have existed.
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The dress of a woman of Lhassa, in its place is an invisible element of that place made visible.
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He is Mr Piano Man, I am Miss Piano Man.
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Compassion is the greatest form of love humans have to offer.
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Poor Gauguin, 'way off there on his island! I'll wager he spends most of his time thinking of Rue Lafitte. I advised him to go to New Orleans, but he decided it was too civilized. He had to have people around him with flowers on their heads and rings in their noses before he could feel at home. Now if I should leave my house for more than two days...
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We make a lot of movies, and we make them fast.
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I'm habitually positive. I try not to use anger as motivation.
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But even the wisest of men may die, and that is especially true when the wisest of men has a fondness for industrial chemicals.
