Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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My great-grandchildren will not be able to enjoy the Gulf Coast of Louisiana the way I have.
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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.
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Proust is a huge author for me.
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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.
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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.
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Dance connects us to the musicality of life and to one another. No one should be denied such basic pleasures.
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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.
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Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
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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.
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When I became a mature woman, I put both feet firmly on the side of maturity.
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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.
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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.
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On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he was acting.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive.
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Σεμνόστομός γε καὶ φρονήματος πλέωςὁ μῦθός ἐστιν, ὡς θεῶν ὑπηρέτου.
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Good writers are monotonous, like good composers. They keep trying to perfect the one problem they were born to understand.
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I actually didn't grow up watching 'Degrassi,' but I saw the commercials and knew the characters. I didn't realize that Drake was the guy from 'Degrassi.' I had to piece it together and go, 'Oh! He's Aubrey Graham.'
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I would like to do 'King Lear.' But I would like to do it in Swedish.
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I went to high school in the 1970s and was a real daydreamer and not the best student.
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Fashion and interior design are one and the same.
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Most people don’t like complexity. They would prefer the world to be simple.
