Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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The perfect normal person is rare in our civilization.
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A friend of mine said, no matter what I do I always look like an English teacher. She actually said, you still look like a Campbell's Soup kid.
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Always be courageous and strong, and don't fear.
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Even if I'm gone all day, breakfast is the one meal I always cook for my kids. I make French toast, oatmeal, or an egg burrito.
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For clothes and accessories, I love my friend's boutique; One by One and UT.LAB for shoes.
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People have their own opinions but sometimes with the media things get chopped up and cut around to make stories out of it.
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I know girlfriends of mine who, when they were approaching pregnancy and starting a family, consistently went through a period right beforehand that was a last gasp kind of thing where they just wreak havoc. They fall apart, in a profound way, because there's some awareness that that's the last time they can do that for awhile.
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The truth is that we were born to have it all. And part of our handicap as adults is that we no longer understand our potential.
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I enjoy hiking and skiing, like most Norwegians. In winter, there will be snow for months on end. In the summer, there are the long evenings to enjoy.
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I hear daily from Hoosier veterans who are forced to wait months on end for their disability claims to be processed. Unfortunately, this is typical.
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I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late start without me.
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When a great artist gets my attention, I pursue it. If I don't, someone else will, you know what I'm saying?
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I like to emphasize my eyes because if I do it well enough, then they look very blue.
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Not listening to people who care about you, not to be open or transparent, will make you isolated.
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Daryl Hannah likes to goof around with fashion, but she does have pretty impeccable taste.
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I like having a private name and a public name. It helps keep things straight.
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The three main sources of scepticism are first, that not every people desires freedom; second, that democracy in certain parts of the world would be dangerous; and third, that there is little the world's democracies can do to advance freedom outside their countries.
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If I get a bad review, I don't take it personally because everyone is entitled to their opinion.
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Don't go in and tell somebody else how to run their business.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand.
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Discover the force of the skies O Men: once recognised it can be put to use.
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Everything looks like magic when you don’t understand it.
