Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the dark.
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So many people witness atrocities and can't take their eyes away from them, but that doesn't mean they're good.
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The experience of being on a show that is very much in the center of popular culture is exciting. You really feel like you're reaching people.
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When you begin to write poems because you love language, because you love poetry. Something happens that makes you write poems. And the writing of poems is incredibly pleasurable and addictive.
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This is the beauty of fiction. We may not like these characters, but we inhabit them.
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I don't wanna sound pretentious talking about myself.
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I was familiar with 'Addicted' for a long time, even prior to the movie, way before it got the greenlight. And when it finally got the greenlight, I was very happy to be a part of it.
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The technological revolution at home makes it much easier for computers to do our work.
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To be able to take my pictures, I have to look, all the time, at the people and places I care about.
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The fear of hell, or aiming to be blest, savors too much of private interest.
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An awful lot of Republicans, both in Washington and outside Washington, are resigned to leaving Obamacare in effect.
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They call me Fearless Felix.
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In terms of script, Bollywood should learn from South Indian scripts. Not talking about the fights and action, I am talking about the drama bit.
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I already am a product.
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I like mellow music. I like some jazz. But I'm not a big hard rock guy.
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It's important to have people around you with enough confidence to say if you are not acting in a good way. Normally, when you are at the top, people say everything is fantastic. Probably in that moment it is what you want to hear, but it's best to be reminded how to act properly.
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It's hard to be serious in life.
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I was a candidate in 1991. There was virtually a wave for Ram Mandir. In 1989 also, there was a wave - anti-Congress wave.
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Incommensurables cannot be compared.
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Abbot Terrasson tells us that if the size of a book were measured not by the number of its pages but by the time required to understand it, then we could say about many books that they would be much shorter were they not so short.
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One of the bad things about being a filmmaker, about being me, is I can hardly read a book anymore because every time I read something, I have a poaching mentality, like, 'Oh, can this be a movie?'
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I haven't a clue how my story will end, but that's all right. When you set out on a journey and night covers the road, that's when you discover the stars.
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Charlie would be so proud of what these young people are accomplishing today and, in true Charlie fashion, would encourage them to walk to the very edge of their comfort zone and then take another step.
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You can't blame a book for its story.
