Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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I didn't dictate sections of 'Visions of Cody'. I typed up a segment of taped conversation with Neal Cassady, or Cody, talking about his early adventures in L.A. It's four chapters.
Jack Kerouac -
As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone.
Quintilian -
In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.
Oscar Wilde -
What's upsetting about an autobiography is that the final chapter is always missing. I mean, you want the death, don't you?
Ian Mckellen -
I'm pretty calculating. I take stuff that I know appeals to people's bad sides and match it up with stuff that appeals to their good sides.
Kanye West -
I love road trips! My husband and I love that. We bought a truck with a bench seat so we could put the dog in the middle.
Barbra Streisand
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George Washington and Abraham Lincoln were gay, just for starters. They didn't have a name for it, but their primary affections and intellectual attractions were all for other men.
Larry Kramer -
We never wore burkas because Somalis had our own culture.
Iman -
May the work for the further development of chemical science, which has its strongest roots in this beautiful, strong and hard-working country of Sweden, continue to flourish in the future, for the promotion of culture and the benefit of mankind.
Otto Wallach -
I always feel that most people out there who aren't sure if the gym is really for them aren't prepared to pay and find out.
Victoria Pendleton -
We are already experiencing the symptoms of climate change, especially with a hotter and drier climate in southern Australia - the rush to construct desalination plants is an expensive testament to that.
Malcolm Turnbull -
You can learn more from a person just from their observations and how they see the world. More so than just talking.
Maika Monroe
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The best part of being a vegan is the purity and peace of mind one experiences and the strong connection I feel to the animal kingdom.
Uri Geller -
I hate interference, and I don't interfere in others' lives.
Hansika Motwani -
Some days, I feel like I should win Best Mom of the Day award, and some days, I find myself doing strange things that don't have any real purpose, in faraway corners in my house, and I realize I am literally and deliberately hiding from my children.
Kate Hudson -
I was home-schooled for my entire high school experience, so I never went to prom.
Cameron Monaghan -
Before I had Toma, I was one of those people who had no interest in other people's kids. I was. 'Don't hand me that baby!'
Naomi Klein -
When it comes to memoir, we want to catch the author in a lie. When we read fiction, we want to catch the author telling the truth.
Tayari Jones
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The more practice you have, the less stressful writing is.
Edwidge Danticat -
I am not a conqueror. I am nothing like you.
Faith Erin Hicks -
Macbeth to Witches: What are these So wither'd and so wild in their attire, That look not like th' inhabitants o' th' earth, And yet are on 't?
William Shakespeare -
The color of somebody's skin or the way he wears his hair or clothes has nothing to do with anything.
Judge Mills Lane -
Our idea is to serve everybody, including people with little money.
Ingvar Kamprad -
For a witch is nothing without her Spoon.
Catherynne M. Valente