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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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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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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In finding love, I think it's important to be patient. In being in a relationship, I think it's important to be honest, to communicate, to respect and trust, and to strive to give more than you take.
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It used to be that people would watch TV shows because they knew the characters would stay the same. Whether it's Archie Bunker or it's Thomas Magnum you watch it because it's like, 'I'm comfortable, this is the same guy.'
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There's an incredible amount of loneliness that comes with child stardom because you're isolated from your society.
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I'd ice-skated before, because I'm Canadian and that's what you do as a kid, but I'd never, ever been on quad skates.
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We're going to be selling our product to the American consumer. We want to have Americans who understand American consumers.
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You can get totally messed up trying to please everyone with what you do, but ultimately, you have to please yourself.
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I have a lot of funny friends, and we joke a lot, but I've never really played comedic parts.
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Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
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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.
