Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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While I played Ranji Trophy for five years, I used to be asked, 'When are you playing for the nation?' - a question which I didn't have any answer to. I kept playing before I got my first break in 1996; those five years were indeed frustrating.
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I've had death threats, if you can imagine.
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Thank God for the potholes on memory lane.
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To suggest that you can't be both a mother who is completely in love with her babies, and a professional who is tough and tenacious, is ridiculous.
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You measure a government by how few people need help.
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I am not a methodical singer. I don't follow any process or rules; what I follow is just my heart - whatever I experience, I just write and then compose it.
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We invented the car, and it made it easier for us to crash and die. If I gave a car to my grandfather, he would die in five minutes, while I have grown up slowly to accept speed.
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Through the years I have seen myself as a peaceful person, but the awareness of the anger is part of that process.
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My favorite form of transportation is walking. I live in a neighborhood where you can walk to restaurants, banks, and shops.
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There's always a reaction based on fear. People assume if you're criticizing a decision to go to war, then you're saying something against the soldiers-which is not the case.
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We come from Second City where you're taught if you make your fellow stage partner look good, that makes you look good.
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I think top scientists need to be compensated at a different scale in society. Somebody with experience will tell you that true scientists are not motivated by money - they are motivated by the quest itself. That is true. But I think an additional recognition will not hurt.
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The generous way of putting it is that we were not ready for this. The less generous way is to say: How was it possible to return to the politics of appeasement of the 1930s?
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I don't have anything against my mom, but my family has no emotional connection to each other.
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People will still give me attention: even when my teeth are gone, I'll have some good stories to tell.
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So long as the product is sold, everything is taking its regular course from the standpoint of the capitalist producer.
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Innumerable twinkling of the waves of the sea.
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For what but eye and ear silence the mind With the minute particulars of mankind?
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To all who want to accomplish something I say, Go into the silence regularly for power and wisdom to accomplish.
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I still can't quite believe it. Although there was something about the fact that it was a first-time writer, a first-time producer, and a first-time director all at the same time.
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The highest praise a writer can give another is to say he wishes he had written his book. I wish I had written Forty Words for Sorrow. Giles Blunt has a tremendous talent. If you miss Forty Words for Sorrow, you'll miss one of best novels of 2001.
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Tell it fast before you get scared and silence yourself.
