Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
Who am i, really? What does any of it mean? i'm so afraid someday everyone will see that i'm just an imposter, a fake, among all the real and gorgeous godheads.
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I don't like the idea of spirituality done the way it's done. The only way I could understand it was through creativity, not by going to an Ashram, or finding a guru or joining a temple. I made work out of it.
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I have super-supercurly hair, and it's a constant struggle.
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I don't have a favorite song that I've written. But I do have a favorite song: 'Always on My Mind,' the Willie Nelson version. If I could sing it like he do, I would sing it every night. I like the story it tells.
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I like a set to be a happy place, where people can feel free to experiment.
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The good books stick around for a reason. There is a reason that we come back to them and they are so rewarding.
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I approve designs not because I think I am more gifted or somebody who can see ahead three or four years from now, but just to make sure that the design is a logical, rational decision, taken after analyzing pros and cons.
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But cord blood also holds the great potential of producing pleural potential cells that could cure many other diseases such as juvenile diabetes, a disease that I live with every day.
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My sister would say I'm a feeder because I like cooking for people.
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The tricky thing about songwriting is that, more often than not, what you consider to be your best work generates a collective shrug, and something you've simply tossed off bowls people over.
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I think of John every day. I do try to block it, but December 8th is not the only day I think of him.
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All beginnings are involuntary.
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'A man like that thinks that fear can win loyalty.''Plenty of masters with a lash who can testify it works.''Don’t win loyalty, just obedience, and only while the lash is in the room.'
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The truth comes as conqueror only because we have lost the art of receiving it as guest.
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The only thing that kept the Cold War cold was the mutual deterrence afforded by nuclear weapons.
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I'm all about a big lash. I love a good mascara. I use Tom Ford lipsticks. I think he has the most vibrant colours, especially pink or orange or vampish reds, and that's about it.
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I even ate chips because I love the crunchy sound they make. And I didn't give much thought to what I was eating or what I was putting inside my body, except hummus, of course, which is one of my weaknesses.
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When I did 'Scrubs', we were able to always do one as scripted, and then we got to play a little bit and do some stuff. I thought that was pretty loose, but then coming on 'Happy Endings,' it's even looser.
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Making fake biography, false history, concocting a half-imaginary existence out of the actual drama of my life is my life.
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I've learned not to be such a show-off and to have a bit more empathy with humanity. Or at least to fake that.
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I feel burnout comes as a result of consistent over-simulation.
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There are one or two very good women military historians who use imagination, great study and research; they can put themselves in the boots of the soldier.
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Who am i, really? What does any of it mean? i'm so afraid someday everyone will see that i'm just an imposter, a fake, among all the real and gorgeous godheads.
