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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I'm just really, really thankful. I'm thankful to the doctors; I'm thankful to the family that donated the kidney.
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There's one thing that I like about Rome that was stated by Napoleon: that from sublime to pathetic is only one step away. And in Rome there's a constant shifting between sublime and pathetic.
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Houston is kind of a melting pot. There are many different cultures and ethnicities represented out there, even on my team. It's really cool: you'll see so many different things.
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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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If boomers were always looking to shock, millennials are eager to share.
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Large organizations don't worship shareholders or customers, they worship the past. If it were otherwise, it wouldn't take a crisis to set a company on a new path.
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I was a bit overweight as a teenager, which may be why I'm more comfortable playing with clothes than showing my body.
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The ritual of our daily lives permeate our very bodies.
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The Senate is indeed a deliberative body, and that quality serves the nation well. A slow-moving government helps us maintain a stable government. But slow moving is not the same as immobile.
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I barely got out of high school, and I look back at my life often and go, 'Wow, this was awesome!
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A body is never so vicious as when it has only itself to blame for its trouble.
