Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
This is how you learn to see: You put together a crew. No one can see a damn thing clearly with only two eyes.
Catherynne M. Valente
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There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have enough to live upon.
Samuel Butler
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Being Bob Marley's son has done many things for me, in terms of having a career in music. I'm very proud of my music, and I'm very proud of where I'm from. People hear that I'm Bob Marley's son, and they turn on my music to listen just out of curiosity.
Damian Marley
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Many of the wars we see around the world start as domestic conflicts that are fueled by external forces and powers. My view is that we can help peace if we help communities transform from the inside, on their own terms.
Forest Whitaker
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I have always lived an ordinary life, and always will. It's who and what has to do with my job that makes it 'unordinary.' I cook, go to the supermarket, pick my children up at school.
Kate Winslet
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Only a few good leaders have paused to reflect seriously on being leaders.
P. J. O'Rourke
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Everyone has a purpose in life and a unique talent to give to others. And when we blend this unique talent with service to others, we experience the ecstasy and exultation of own spirit, which is the ultimate goal of all goals.
Kallam Anji Reddy
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When I was a kid, like 14 or 15, I played with the waiters from the hotel, 'cause that was the best game. And these guys, they'd let me play. And they were black guys.
Larry Bird
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Every few seconds it changes - up an eighth, down an eighth - it's like playing a slot machine. I lose $20 million, I gain $20 million.
Ted Turner
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People shouldn't expect the mass media to do investigative stories. That job belongs to the 'fringe' media.
Ted Koppel
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As an Indian, you feel easily connected with certain histories in places like Indonesia, where one sees, because of the presence of the Hindu-Buddhist past, Hindus still living there or Muslims performing rituals that are instantly familiar.
Pankaj Mishra
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I'd rather make the cut in the Crosby than win another Oscar.
Jack Lemmon
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After all my probing into the human brain, I should still be aware of mysteries and come up with them myself.
Pamela Stephenson
