Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the pervert climbs into the minds of ordinary men.
Jacob Bronowski -
My great-grandchildren will not be able to enjoy the Gulf Coast of Louisiana the way I have.
Ian Somerhalder -
The progress of India is the destiny of one-sixth of humanity. And it will also mean a world more confident of its prosperity and more secure about its future.
Narendra Modi -
I said 'It can't go on' and he said 'No, it can't.' Honestly, I don't think I could have mattered less to him by then. But by then, nothing mattered to him.
Maggie Smith -
Proust is a huge author for me.
Rachel Kushner -
When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.
Oscar Wilde
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If I don't eat something after I work out, I get shaky and cranky - not a good combination when you're a television host.
Lara Spencer -
Dance connects us to the musicality of life and to one another. No one should be denied such basic pleasures.
Nazanin Boniadi -
Afghanistan is a country in need. Afghanistan needs to protect itself in the region; Afghanistan needs to secure itself within the country. Afghanistan needs to develop its forces, and Afghanistan needs to provide stability to the people.
Hamid Karzai -
Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
Walter Savage Landor -
I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We've made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.
Barack Obama -
When I became a mature woman, I put both feet firmly on the side of maturity.
Victoria Principal
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My first novel was turned down by half a dozen publishers. And even after having published five or six books, I wasn't making enough money to live on, and was beginning to think I'd have to give up the dream of being a full-time writer.
Ian Rankin -
I think about making a comeback every single day. I went running, I went training, did that for a few days. But my body couldn't handle it.
Oscar De La Hoya -
What we need is a system of thought - you might even call it a religion - that can bind humans together. A system that would fit the Republic of Chad as well as the United States: a system that would supply our idealistic young people with something to believe in.
Abraham Maslow -
On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he was acting.
Oliver Goldsmith -
The Corona Extra brand was launched in Austin, Texas. From Austin, where it was exclusively for three or four months, it became more widely available in that state and in others, primarily in the southwest and western United States.
Carlos Alvarez -
It is a very great mistake, common to counsel, and especially to young counsel, to consider that a decision of any court must necessarily command the respect of another.
Samuel Freeman Miller
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Neo-conservatives are unlike old conservatives because they are utilitarians, not moralists, and because their aim is the prosperity of post-industrial society, not the recovery of a golden age.
Irving Kristol -
Companies that have been built and operated for a long time are the most successful companies.
Brian Acton -
When people use you, it does not feel very good. But when God uses you for His purpose, it's the gretest feeling in the world!
Jen Selinsky -
Design is a constant challenge to balance comfort with luxe, the practical with the desirable.
Donna Karan -
A mayor is a symbol and a public face of what a city bureaucracy provides its citizens.
John Hickenlooper -
Most people don’t like complexity. They would prefer the world to be simple.
Catherynne M. Valente