Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
Calpurnia squinted through her goggles and thought to herself, That is a Key. Where there is a Key, there is yet hope.
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Nobody wants to give up good players.
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I think that when you decide to dedicate yourself to creative endeavors and surround yourself with people who are creative, you very quickly learn how hard it is to survive doing those kinds of things, not to mention make a living at them.
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All of us are trying to achieve 100 percent in our work. That's all we struggle to do. We never do, but we never stop trying until the day we die. It's that struggle to achieve 100 percent, that's where our performance lies, that's what the audience gets. They get the struggle.
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The thing that has always struck me is that there has always been a bit of a hole at YouTube when it comes to authenticity, human emotion, fun and play.
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I'm just glad to be able to work.
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The most futuristic aspect of the House of the Future was that it was made almost entirely of plastic.
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This may come as a surprise, given the nature of my job, but I am very guarded and contemplative. I'm not a naturally boisterous person.
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Religion is something we don't talk about, and it is used by uneducated people as a weapon to divide us as opposed to connect with each other.
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We have ministers who are incapable of doing what has been ordered from above because there is no follow up, because there are no consequences. If you are poor man and you steal, your hand is cut off after three offences. But if you are a rich man, nobody will say anything to you.
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You can have whatever you want if you believe in yourself and keep your feet firmly planted in the ground.
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I started writing regularly for 'The Atlantic' roughly around the time that Barack Obama got inaugurated.
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Sometimes I feel like if I'm not getting people to boo me, then I'm not doing my job right.
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Of course I wanted children. Bright, gorgeous, loving children. I could almost see them.
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Practically the only way to dry the swamp of radical Islam is through economic development and an improved standard of living.
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Obviously, when you're up against somebody you don't like there's extra motivation, but I don't think any person going for an Olympic gold is going to put friendship first.
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I sometimes think that being widowed is God's way of telling you to come off the Pill.
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I'm very serious about acting.
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Got your mama and sister dabbing.
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The primary social contract between the people of the United States and their government - quaint though it might seem to even mention it at this point - is that ours is to be a government 'of the people, by the people, for the people.'
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We must not indulge in unfavourable views of mankind, since by doing it we make bad men believe that they are no worse than others, and we teach the good that they are good in vain.
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Being injured is something that happens in this sport. Anybody who gets into it understands that.
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Calpurnia squinted through her goggles and thought to herself, That is a Key. Where there is a Key, there is yet hope.
