Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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I had never been out covering a story, but boy, was that fun.
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The biggest thing Frida brought into my life was this peacefulness. I still get passionate about things, but my passion is not so scattered and it's not needy. It's a lot more powerful because it comes with this groundedness and peacefulness. That it's about the process, not about the results.
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The vendors of flowers in the streets of London are wont to commend them to customers by crying: 'All a blowing and a growing.' It would be no small praise to Christians if we could say as much for them.
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The Freedom Bell in Berlin is, like the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, a symbol which reminds us that freedom does not come about of itself. It must be struggled for and then defended anew every day of our lives.'
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When you put money directly to a problem, it makes a good headline. It makes a good campaign slogan. You get to claim that you've engaged in these activities within an election cycle. But certain investments take longer than an election cycle.
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Government is at its worst when you have apathy from its citizens.
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Sure, the labels and publishers get the rights for songs to be remade into a ringtone. So part of what we do is to work with those content owners to make sure that there are rights in place for every piece of content to be made into a ringtone.
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I've played Big Bird for over half my life, and now I'm in my 80s. It does feel older than 79. Someone said it's just a number, and I said, 'No, I genuinely feel older.'
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My life was changed in one breath from God.
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I get an awful lot of fan mail, and I read all that I can.
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I worked for many years as a writer for children and then wrote two adult novels of the kind they call 'literary' without any very great disturbance to this kind of life. Then, something went wrong. My third adult novel was rejected by the publisher of the first two. And I could not understand the criticism offered.
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I talked about 12 to 18 months, and that's about reaffirming our foundation for sustained growth: getting the discipline back, getting the basics right, getting the customer focus back... so by the end of next year, I hope most of that's in place.
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Life is simply too short to think about everything you put in your mouth, and it's not good for children to see you picking over bits of salad.
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Look, I don't have a Facebook page because I have little interest in hearing myself talk about myself any further than I already do in interviews or putting any more about myself online than there already is. But if I wasn't in this position, I'm sure I would use it every day.
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The stock market is a discounter of all known information.
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I have no desire to play most of the roles being offered.
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Whether it's 18 years old or 40 years old, we think we know what's going on. But if you're lucky enough to continue the journey, its amazing how we keep learning how much we didn't know.
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That's all nonviolence is - organized love.
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I was sort of a half-breed of colonization, understanding everyone because I belonged completely to no one.
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Honesty is the fastest way to prevent a mistake from turning into a failure.
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Sir Isaac Newton gave the extraterrestrials their biggest shot in the arm when he embraced the infinite universe as the basis for his hugely influential system of physics. Even so, the aliens of the early modern period remained creatures of philosophy rather than science.
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I'm not the type to get ulcers. I give them.
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I'm never, like I say, I'm never happy, I'm never satisfied, it's never good enough.
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So a half-breed goatsnake, a Yith, and a Ghast walk into a bar.
