Catherynne M. Valente Quotes

How long was it, between the time when you were happy, and the time when you wanted to kill him?

Catherynne M. Valente

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• Obviously, we're focused on the Winter Classic.

  

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• Most people live in the city and go to the country at the weekend, and that's posh and aristocratic, but actually to live in the country and come to London when you can't take it any more is different.

  

  Damien Hirst
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• I've often thought the Bible should have a disclaimer in the front saying, 'This is fiction.'

  

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• It is my hope that I will be able to work with legislative leaders on both sides of the aisle and Gov. Hickenlooper to find a solution to fix our ailing pension system.

  

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• The principles governing Western democracies, of which Israel rightly considers itself a part, are based on the assurance that everyone has a vote, but also that the minority needs to yield to the wishes of the majority.

  

  Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
  • Vote
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• American policies toward Asians reached a nadir in 1924, with the implementation of a law that sought 'to preserve the idea of American homogeneity' and denied admission to the country to most non-whites. Immigration from Asia was banned completely, with the establishment of an 'Asiatic Barred Zone.'

  

  Karan Mahajan
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• I have lifestyle requirements. Photos, meetings, lunches, dinners, facial care, tooth care. It requires an exorbitant amount of money.

  

  Gary Coleman
  • Money
  • Care
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• The money was going to come and go, between a wife and the IRS. The thrill of beating the best field in golf is what will always stay with me.

  

  Calvin Peete
  • Money
  • Wife
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• My mother and father were both much more remarkable than any story of mine can make them. They seem to me just mythically wonderful.

  

  Orson Welles
  • Mother
  • Father
  • Me

• Art historians agree that Da Vinci's paintings contain hidden levels of meaning that go well beneath the surface of the paint. Many scholars believe his work intentionally provides clues to a powerful secret... a secret that remains protected to this day by a clandestine brotherhood of which Da Vinci was a member.

  

  Dan Brown
  • Work
  • Believe
  • Art

• The difficulty with telling stories about real people is you have to find a way of mixing yourself into the matter.

  

  Olivier Dahan
  • People
  • Real
  • Yourself

• When we think of the major threats to our national security, the first to come to mind are nuclear proliferation, rogue states and global terrorism. But another kind of threat lurks beyond our shores, one from nature, not humans - an avian flu pandemic.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Mind
  • Nature
  • Security

• Cornwall, peopled mainly by Celts, but with an infusion of English blood, stands and always has stood apart from the rest of England, much, but in a less degree, as has Wales.

  

  Sabine Baring-Gould
  • Rest
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• All that they seem to say is 'nigger, nigger, nigger'.

  

  Salmon P. Chase

• I write sets of books, but I've also written a lot of orphans.

  

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• One of the things that was kind of shocking for humans... was to come to terms with was the fact that, hey, we may not be the center of the universe.

  

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• One of the difficulties you run into is that acting and celebrity are so closely intertwined. People make careers out of being charismatic personalities. It's one of those things that people have come to expect from actors. Personalities that don't change from role to role. I don't want it that way.

  

  Billy Crudup
  • People
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• I love Soundgarden, I love Rage Against the Machine, Simon & Garfunkel.

  

  Lee DeWyze

• I've never really been met with indifference, where they say, 'Who cares?' I think that's what good art is supposed to do. It's not supposed to make you feel good about your own prejudices and your own values; it's supposed to open you up in some way and get you outraged or make you happy or make you sad or whatever it's going to do.

  

  T. C. Boyle
  • Up
  • Good
  • Art

• I got some funky scholarships to play soccer and did well in my SATs, so I went off to college and then grad school but found that that wasn't me. My family, relieved I seemed to have come to my senses, were happy to let me go to film school.

  

  Duncan Jones
  • Family
  • School
  • Happy

• Querida, it's alright," he said. "No one has hurt me in years." "Hey, you're supposed to be my brother," I said, trying to joke. "Brother's don't hold their sisters' hands or call them querida." Seb smiled, his hazel eyes starting to dance. "Yes, they do," he said. "This happens all the time." "Well I guess things are different in Mexico then," I said. "Because in America, no way. And I'm an American." "But you're in Mexico now," he pointed out. "Right. And you're saying here, boys holds hands with their sisters and call them sweetheart." "Oh yes. We're very friendly, we Mexicans.

  

  L.A. Weatherly
  • Time
  • Different
  • Trying

• If our subconscious was attractive, we wouldn't have to bury it down deep within us.

  

  Douglas Coupland
  • Deep

• How long was it, between the time when you were happy, and the time when you wanted to kill him?

  

  Catherynne M. Valente
  • Time
  • Happy
  • Wanted