Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
“Oh!" cried the young man. "A little deaf child! How sweet! We should adopt her and teach her to write symphonies. She'll be all the rage in town. I'll buy her a powdered wig and a tricorne!Catherynne M. Valente
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Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.
E. B. White -
Setting a tone of inclusiveness and ensuring protection for all begins at the top, whether from the White House or the State House.
J. B. Pritzker -
The one characteristic of authentic power that most people overlook is humbleness. It is important for many reasons. A humble person walks in a friendly world. He or she sees friends everywhere he or she looks, wherever he or she goes, whomever he or she meets. His or her perception goes beyond the shell of appearance and into essence.
Gary Zukav -
I really found this campaign odious. I couldn't get up for it. The quality of the candidates and the campaign, I just found the whole thing second-rate. I didn't know how to explain to my granddaughter that I was spending my dotage writing about Al Gore and George W. Bush.
Jack Germond -
I like being friends with other women who are supportive of women. I think that is important.
Mandy Moore -
A man's motive in the small actions of daily life, like resting a moment on his pitchfork in the sun and listening intently, may be the most important thing about that man.
Haniel Long
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It was always my desire to strike new ground and help to lend weight where it was most required.
Oliver Tambo -
I'm re-teaming with the producers of 'Twilight,' whom I love and who I have an amazing relationship with.
Taylor Lautner -
The best people to provide valuable information about any society are the children of that society who belong to its culture and are part of its collective conscience.
Wadah Khanfar -
I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
Walter Becker Steely Dan -
I love physical kinds of comedy and getting down and dirty and doing stunts. When I was growing up, I was always getting into fights with guys and usually punching out boys my age because I was a lot bigger and tougher. So I'm naturally accustomed to putting myself into the headspace of a girl who can take care of herself.
Cameron Diaz -
I think movies lost a lot when they went to stereo and five-track sound.
Sam Raimi
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To get into Afghanistan, I bribed my way into a camel caravan of smugglers.
Gary Jennings -
As far as rap goes, I grew up in Hollis, Queens, so early influences were people like Run DMC and LL Cool J.
Ja Rule -
A family is really a union of two separate entities. When you get married, you are marrying one family into another.
Patricia Rae -
I say that human nature is the original beginning and the raw material, and deliberate effort is what makes it patterned, ordered, and exalted.
Xun Kuang -
Vanity was a joke. She was an image created to make money.
Vanity -
A grandchild is a miracle, but a renewed relationship with your own children is even a greater one.
T. Berry Brazelton
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I think there's mind in nature. There's a power in nature, and there's a universal power that you'd better not ignore.
Linda Ronstadt -
You do a job; your show gets canceled. You get used to it.
Kaley Cuoco -
In Constantinople, more Christians were slaughtered by Christians in the years 342-343 than by all the persecutions by pagans in the history of Rome.
Will Durant -
“Oh!" cried the young man. "A little deaf child! How sweet! We should adopt her and teach her to write symphonies. She'll be all the rage in town. I'll buy her a powdered wig and a tricorne!
Catherynne M. Valente