Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
Lebedeva snapped her fingers. “It’s like lying!” she exclaimed. “Well, we understand that, of course! The bigger the lie, the happier the liar.”
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Surprise is key in all art.
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My music is not just about entertainment. It is about enlightenment also.
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Rock and Roll has no beginning and no end for it is the very pulse of life itself.
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The capability of negotiating... is something that means you not only have to understand fully what you believe and what your national interests are but in order to be a really good negotiator, you have to try to figure out what the other person on the other side of the table has in mind.
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Religion can emerge in all forms of feeling: here wild anger, there the sweetest pain; here consuming hatred, there the childlike smile of serene humility.
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What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
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True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.
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It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must have had a sinister sense of humor, creating him a reasonable being, yet forcing him to take this ridiculous posture, and driving him with blind craving for this ridiculous performance.
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There's not one day that goes by that I'm not listening to one of my songs or in rehearsal for one of my songs or dancing to one of my songs.
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Sometimes people with strong ideology, whether left-wing or right-wing, refuse to do something simply because they believe it is wrong, when doing it actually benefits them. For some people, it's not just about money and political power.
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I had no idea what those cords were in the bridge of 'Prisoner In Disguise' when I wrote them. I had to go over to Don Gorman, the piano player, and ask what in the world I was playing.
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I love Jill Scott! I love everything she puts on, how she does her hair; everything about Jill Scott is amazing!
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What's nice for me, having identified myself for years as being rather shy, is now, wherever I am, in public, there tends to be a friendly face who's pleased to see me, and I like that.
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The Federal government does not have any information about extraterrestrial life to conceal, and there are no secret projects for me to investigate.
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A man is an artist only at certain moments, by an effort of will. Objects have the same appearance for everybody.
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It took me ten years and seven books to bag an agent - it took me that long to start writing good.
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The music business is not a good place for people who don't know things.
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Fools are as like husbands as pilchards are to herrings, the husband's the bigger.
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Having an exit strategy can be a social saver.... The key is keeping your little white lie plausible.
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Part of America's greatness is its willingness to care for those who are truly in need. But those who defraud the system take money and resources away not only from American taxpayers but also from those who truly need help.
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The 77 cents that women make for every dollar men earn makes a real difference to our families - families stretching to make every dollar count.
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Lebedeva snapped her fingers. “It’s like lying!” she exclaimed. “Well, we understand that, of course! The bigger the lie, the happier the liar.”
