Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
Pandemic, Pangaea, Panacea, Panoply. Those were all big words, to be sure, but as has been said, September read often, and liked it best when words did not pretend to be simple, but put on their full armor and rode out with colors flying.

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To imply that religious believers have no right to engage moral questions in the public square or at the ballot is simply to establish a Reichian secularism as our state faith.
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Anna Wintour has guided me.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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People who get rich early should help the rest get rich.
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'Curvy' is just a polite way of saying 'fat.'
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I think any artist that's going to become anything in this world faces humility: with great humility comes great success.
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I've always loved film more than theater.
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It is tough to say what has influenced me the most because I know that Mozart makes me think better, but you cannot beat Dave Matthews for feeling good!
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They're sheep. They like Bush enough to credit him with saving the nation after 9/11. Three thousand people get killed, and everybody thinks they're next on the list. The president comes along, and he's got his six-guns strapped on, and people think he's going to save them.
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We want Quora to last forever, and in order to last forever, it's going to need to have revenue. One of the best things about ads is that you don't need to exclude anyone.
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The death of Abdel Nasser on September 28, 1970, was an irreversible setback for Egypt.
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As soon as there is life there is danger.
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Oh God, are you supposed to collect things? I don't collect things. I like throwing things away.
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'Kiss Me.' That's my 'Twilight' tune, a song you'd have on the 'Twilight' soundtrack.
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It is easier to contend with evil at the first than at the last.
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Subjugation is something which is an impedance on the ascent of man.
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All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state.
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Ben s'ode il ragionar, si vede il volto,Ma dentro il petto mal giudicar possi.
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I would say it's always been in me to want to have victorious songs. I sort of want my songs to have a feeling of victory, but through a lot of pain. Like, you're 75 percent to the top of the mountain and sometimes you fall back to the bottom, but hopefully by the end of the record you'll feel like there's no mountain at all.
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Reviews condition people. At the end of the day, a lot of human minds are malleable. They can be easily shaped with strong words.
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I was doing one of my first plays at the Royal Court, and Matt LeBlanc came to see the play. He came backstage afterwards, and I couldn't speak. I kept trying to, but no words came out. I just kept thinking, 'That's Joey from 'Friends.' That's actual Joey from 'Friends!'' It was so embarrassing!
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I prefer darker things and more minimal stuff. I don't like when people just put words on canvases.
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The war was declared over - the end of major combat operations - in May 2003. Release procedures got under way immediately; reducing the population from 8,000 to just over 300, of course, requires fewer military police soldiers.
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Pandemic, Pangaea, Panacea, Panoply. Those were all big words, to be sure, but as has been said, September read often, and liked it best when words did not pretend to be simple, but put on their full armor and rode out with colors flying.