Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
“I am so useful. I am not alone. And neither is he. “It must be nice,” said Aubergine suddenly, “to have a friend like that, and like things so much.” Yes.
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When you get to be over 80, your coordination goes to hell and a half.
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I've never left them to go do a film. No, we all go together. I could never leave them. My kids are my whole world.
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Commitments the voters don't know about can't hurt you.
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My mother is the reason I'm in fashion. She worshiped it. Unfortunately, she infected me.
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I like it when I am in the middle; I am closer to the ball. The manager wants me to pass, to make assists, create chances, and I do more because I think the position is more central, and I don't ask all the time for the ball at my feet.
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I don't think there will ever be a time I don't write, and I hope there will never be a time I don't act.
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College isn't in everyone's hearts. I am living proof, though, that school doesn't mess up your plans. It gives you more experiences to write about.
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I'm an international actor, but at the same time, I'm also a Bollywood actor, even though most of my career has been abroad. However, I've always kept in touch with Hindi cinema.
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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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Sri Lanka is an island off the coast of India. There's two ethnicities there; one the Sinhalese, which is the majority and the government, and the minority, who are the Tamils. That's where I'm from. And my lifetime sort of began there; I spent 10 years, and I was there during when the war started and fled as a refugee to England.
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I feel like I'm married to what I do, to the streets. And I feel like when the streets are mad, it's serious.
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Steve and I saw eye to eye on the story and I got the part, but I think in the beginning it was due to my brother's instigation. So I owe him for that.
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I am grateful that as a reporter and as an anchor, people have allowed me to share their stories.
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You cannot have adoration without being criticized.
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When the Americans were trying to conquer the Navajos, they felt this need to capture Canyon de Chelly like it was the Navajo capital. It was a meeting place and a sanctuary of last refuge. To control Canyon de Chelly was to control the Navajo people.
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I'm proud to have played characters who've inspired people to live out loud, and I'm lucky to have reached an audience that's been incredibly enthusiastic and supportive.
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America has absorbed people from around the world, and there is an Indian in every part of the world. This characterizes both the societies. Indians and Americans have co-existed in their natural temperament.
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I feel really proud of my work on 'Sullivan & Son.' It's a really different character for me. I was excited to play this really tough, sweet smart, quirky girl because that's who I am at my core, but that's never who I was playing. The show is like my pride and joy.
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A lot of times they don't want to hear it. But you know, if some good is done to you, you should pass it on.
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When we're in the shower, when we're thinking about our idea - boy, does it sound brilliant. But the reality is that most of our ideas are actually terrible.
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The girls want to see the rips on your stomach - they like that.
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The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend.
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More lightly do his sorrows press upon a man, when to a friend or fellow traveller he tells his griefs.
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“I am so useful. I am not alone. And neither is he. “It must be nice,” said Aubergine suddenly, “to have a friend like that, and like things so much.” Yes.
