Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
It is in the nature of winds to Snatch and Grasp at things, and Blow Them Away.Catherynne M. Valente
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Even when we have physical hardships, we can be very happy.
Dalai Lama -
We were descended from royalty.
Natalie Wood -
Typically on a TV series, the writers on a show are writing for their life almost every episode. When someone sits down to write a Netflix show, they know there's going to be a 13th hour.
Ted Sarandos -
I don't think we can go back to the old days. But I think that what the government needs to do is it needs to make sure that the pricing is fair, that you don't have monopolies out there, so that people don't have a chance to compete fairly.
Dan Glickman -
I think my first hit was probably '24 is a Rubberband Man,' which was my second album. My first project, it was very well received in the Southeast region, all throughout the South and parts of the Midwest. It was very well received, but I didn't get national exposure on my second album.
T.I. -
It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood.
Karl Popper
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Many women have asked me if it is possible to have a well-built wardrobe on a limited budget. 'Money,' I tell them, 'is no guarantee of taste, and an overstuffed wardrobe is often as bare as a skeleton when it comes to wearable apparel.'
Edith Head -
When I meet a person and that chemistry is there, I cannot hide the electricity. I need to learn more about him, and once I feel safe, I'm gone, I'm in love, and I give it my all!
Taraji P. Henson -
I think I tried to control situations within my first marriage and I wasn't the easiest person to live with.
Gary Kemp Spandau Ballet -
Man is sick and nations have gone mad. You would not even tolerate for one moment the conduct in an individual that is commonplace in the acts of some nations. You would lock up such a person.
L. Ron Hubbard -
In Vanya's family, silence had never meant surrender, only tactical retreat.
Orson Scott Card -
Having never been in control of his own life, his idea of freedom was simply to break free.
Orson Scott Card
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The strength of the imagination, its enriching power and excitement, lies in its interplay with reality-physical and emotional.
Jacob Bronowski -
Melancholy and remorse form the deep leaden keel which enables us to sail into the wind of reality; we run aground sooner than the flat-bottomed pleasure-lovers but we venture out in weather that would sink them and we choose our direction.
Cyril Connolly -
On the internet nobody can hear you being subtle.
Linus Torvalds -
Truth is a golden thread, seen here and thereIn small bright specks upon the visible sideOf our strange being’s party-coloured web.
Arthur Hugh Clough -
As a kid, you just like anything fanciful that you're into, but as an adult, I really love that kind of place where the super hero mythos meets life, where it has that human story; that's what I think I was really drawn to when I started getting into the X-Men.
Cress Williams -
The first real gig I went to was Randy Crawford in 1980. Seeing a big star like that was just fantastic.
Bradley Walsh
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I think that we're just fortunate that you have an experienced legislator: 26 years of fighting for our issues in line. I mean, there's nobody, there's no man, nor woman that is being mentioned that has the legislative experience that she has and the passion in her heart for advancing the cause of women.
Eleanor Smeal -
I'm used to the fact that the world views movie actors as personalities. I'm in the extremely fortunate position of making a living at something I'm passionate about. It's all about choices. By the nature of what I do, I make a choice. I invite them in.
Benjamin Bratt -
So extravagant is Nature with her choicest treasures, spending plant beauty as she spends sunshine, pouring it forth into land and sea, garden and desert. And so the beauty of lilies falls on angels and men, bears and squirrels, wolves and sheep, birds and bees,... .
John Muir -
My instinct is to write under the cloak of an opaque historical setting.
Patrick deWitt -
Personally, fresh air and exercise help me stay healthy and make me feel great!
Charlotte Casiraghi -
It is in the nature of winds to Snatch and Grasp at things, and Blow Them Away.
Catherynne M. Valente