Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
A body is never so vicious as when it has only itself to blame for its trouble.
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It's interesting to have two totally unlikable characters as the love interests on a show.
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I think what human beings need is to be able to laugh at the absurd, hold on to ambiguity, and learn to love nuance, instead of making everything one or the other, and structurally, so much of the Internet and online publishing doesn't have room for any of that.
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I kind of have my little OCD wood shed at my house where everything is just right when I go write.
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I discovered television is a great way to deal with the chaos of new motherhood. I would put the babies to bed and get lost in a trashy reality show.
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We live surrounded by critics, so let them talk, let them criticize me as much as they want. Ultimately, that makes me a better player.
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I don't weigh. I don't weigh in at all.
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Our idea is to serve everybody, including people with little money.
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Yes, I am a lingerie model, but I have class.
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We have to tell people who need help that it's OK to ask for it.
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We can no longer tolerate losing one more innocent child or putting one more firefighter at risk in a fire that could have been prevented at the cost of pennies by making a couple simple changes to the construction of a cigarette.
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I'm not the type to lay out on the beach, but I do love to work out outside, and that can really take a toll on your skin!
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I'm opinionated because I care so much about the music and the songs.
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I don't like the 'must', the 'always', and the 'never' words. I don't like 'no' either.
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I like Kelly Rowland, I think that she's great. It's hard to come out of the group of Destiny's Child and still kick some butt.
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Everybody sort of questioned why we get married on New Year's Day, and of course, the avid sports fans wouldn't come, because they had to watch the Rose Bowl or whatever that is on that day.
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I'm always gonna be compared to the greatest cats that's in the game, but I lack a little bit less when I'm not as visible as other guys. So I live with that thought right there - yo, you still gotta work, still got more to do. One thing where I come from you gotta remember is, don't get souped up.
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So I got into growing grapes, not realizing that there was a heck of a lot more to it than meets the eye.
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I used to sneak up to the 8th floor and watch Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo rehearsing 'Saturday Night Live' and could only wonder if I would ever have the chance to be funny. It took me five years to go up the two stories, but it is such a sense of fulfillment to be able to show what I can do on national television.
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To ignore one's spiritual self is unsettling, to say the least. That's a very profound outlook on it.
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History studies not just facts and institutions, its real subject is the human spirit.
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I didn't like the idea of changing myself for the industry. I felt to have my teeth straightened and bleached and to starve myself to change my body was not respecting who I was.
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I have a big mouth, and I never met a petition I didn't like, so of course in the McCarthy days I got in trouble.
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I think it's more important than ever to be as vocal as I can be about things I believe in outside of music.
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A body is never so vicious as when it has only itself to blame for its trouble.
