Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
Anyway, nobody bothers with real beginnings anymore. We stopped making up stories about the creation of the world ages ago.
Catherynne M. Valente
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I am essentially someone who comes from the theatre. I love the theatre. Unfortunately, theatre doesn't pay the bills. Only in theatre abroad, I get a wage.
Kabir Bedi
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Smoke the pipe of peace, bury the tomahawk, and become one nation.
Zebulon Pike
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It's a lifelong gift, something you can call on at any time.
Paul McCartney
The Beatles
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There are men who teach best by not teaching at all.
Abraham Flexner
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Like a magpie, I am a scavenger of shiny things: fairy tales, dead languages, weird folk beliefs, fascinating religions, and more.
Laini Taylor
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If you want to be a reference librarian, you must learn to overcome not only your shyness but also the shyness of others!
S. R. Ranganathan
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Ranganathan's 5 Laws: Books are for use. Books are for all. Every book its reader, or every reader his book. Save the time of the reader. A library is a growing organism.
S. R. Ranganathan
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Like Joe Biden and so many other Americans, I've lost people I love deeply to cancer. I've heard often from those whose loved ones are suffering from Alzheimer's, addiction, and other debilitating diseases. Their heartbreak is real, and so we have a responsibility to respond with real solutions.
Barack Obama
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People like to examine the things that frighten them, to look at them and give them names, so saints look for god, and scientists look for evidence. They're both just trying to take away from the mystery, to take away from the fear.
Dakota Fanning
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Horses frighten me as much as chickens do,’ he said. ‘That is too bad, because lack of communication with horses has impeded human progress,’ said Abrenuncio. ‘If we ever broke down the barriers, we could produce the centaur.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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I have to shut down from other artists, because otherwise I end up giving them my stories.
Ryan Tedder
OneRepublic
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All that is good in our history is gathered in libraries. At this moment, Plato is down there at the library waiting for us. So is Aristotle. Spinoza is there and so is Kats. Shelly and Byron adn Sam Johnson are there waiting to tell us their magnificent stories. All you have to do is walk in the library door and the great company open their arms to you. They are so happy to see you that they come out with you into the street and to your home. And they do what hardly any friend will-- they are silent when you wish to think.
Will Durant
