Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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I always wanted to do a bit of Bollywood and a bit of Hollywood.
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No, but it's not because I'm getting older that I'm trying to accelerate. But something very curious is happening: The older I get, the more ideas I'm getting.
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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.
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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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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.
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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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Mostly this problem is contained in the fact that the US makes it so difficult for Canadians to get green cards (you heard it here), but if an American orchestra really wants a player, they have their ways.
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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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The Sherman Act is similar in the economics sphere to the Bill of Rights in the personal sphere.
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There are several peculiarities that I share with children which, like having no front teeth, are perhaps more acceptable in the very young, but which, for better or worse, seem to be a part of my makeup.
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When I became a mature woman, I put both feet firmly on the side of maturity.
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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.
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It's a mad world. Mad as Bedlam, boy!
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We needed to be more disciplined and in better shape.
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I'm not trying to be coy or manipulative or Machiavellian, I want to spark people's imaginations.
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I didn't need tempting back to the theatre. It's always been something I'd wanted to do again and again and again, but with every job, you can only take what's in front of you or what's offered.
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The reaction to any word may be, in an individual, either a mob-reaction or an individual reaction. It is up to the individual to ask himself: Is my reaction individual, or am I merely reacting from my mob-self? When it comes to the so-called obscene words, I should say that hardly one person in a million escapes mob-reaction.
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Most people don’t like complexity. They would prefer the world to be simple.
