Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
Bran felt terribly sorry for his sisters, but it was hardly his fault that the world was so determined to make girls suffer a great deal more than boys. He hadn’t built the world. It had nothing to do with him.
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I was involved with drama departments since the 5th grade. I played at it. It was an escape.
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Because I was the only child, I was completely indulged. My father thought I was the best looking boy. And even though I was at 100 kgs., he dismissed it as puppy fat. He thought that the sun came out of my head. If I got five out of ten marks, he thought I was half there and had only half way more to go.
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There is probably a perverse pride in my administration... that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular. And I think anybody who's occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can't be neglecting of marketing and P.R. and public opinion.
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I always wondered what it would be like to have a normal childhood.
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Casting directors now just see me as the hard-core sniper or prison guard.
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Also we will be carrying food and clothes for the Expedition Two crew. And as well as spare parts for the EVA that will be conducted from the station in the following months.
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An inspiring word for me is to think of myself as limitless.
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Losing my daughter was a very serious pain. There was always some empty space in my heart.
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Teaching to unsuspecting youngsters the effective use of formal methods is one of the joys of life because it is so extremely rewarding.
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I'm the sort of person who takes a camera to dinner or a nightclub because I enjoy taking pictures of people. I tweet all my pictures, which is bad.
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Lir chiseled at the stone. It would take a month to make a perceptible impression on it. He had a few hours. Work harder, then.
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Life is a green madness just now, trying to squeeze the last bit of warmth from the season.
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We are safer when communities respect the police and police respect communities.
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About 3 million computers get sold every year in China, but people don't pay for the software. Someday they will, though. As long as they are going to steal it, we want them to steal ours. They'll get sort of addicted, and then we'll somehow figure out how to collect sometime in the next decade.
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But once you have some success in one style, the business wants to lock you in that vein forever.
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If you have time to get your pet rabbit its own Instagram account, you have time to at least tweet about something important.
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I was a dancer from a young age. My parents were dancers; we were taken to a lot of ballet as children. It occurred to me that what I liked more than dancing the steps was acting the story of whatever particular performance I was taking part in.
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People who can pull you in and take you on a journey, as opposed to simply adding flash. Again, that feels very clinical, and I don't respond to that the way I used to.
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The lens through which I view the media world is pretty simple: If you are in the business of sucking up attention, then you are in the media business.
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The world by and large has to be reinvented.
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I got to get your presence Let's make it known I think you're just so pleasant I would like you for my own
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I have a Lab, it's fun to hang out and hike with the dog, people come up to him, and pet him, it's fun.
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Hello, I'm Johnny Cash.
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Bran felt terribly sorry for his sisters, but it was hardly his fault that the world was so determined to make girls suffer a great deal more than boys. He hadn’t built the world. It had nothing to do with him.
