Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
Let us hold hands instead of let us hold kitchens. To say put our heads together and not put our parlors together. But it is not as simple as replacing words anymore. Ravan is gone. My hearth is broken.
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I tried to take seriously the idea that if you tortured language you might arrive at some new truth. Later it became clear to me that I was retreading ground by fighting the literary battles of the 1950s and 1960s, and that I was actually a bit bored by some of the books I professed to love.
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I just come from a school where you have to win something to be accepted.
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People don't know how to listen, and it's not their fault. In school, we learn how to read, we learn how to write - but nobody teaches you how to listen.
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I think that the greatest lesson I learned from my father is just having compassion towards people.
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I like to paint, I'm absolutely no good at it, but I'm so comfortable with that because it's good for me to have something to fail at.
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I do not favor the gag order.
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Medicine, you have to take it. A vitamin is nice to have, but honestly, you can skip it.
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There's no social realism in 'Tyrannosaur.' It's not about the social landscape or the political landscape or any of that. It's just about human beings. I never made 'Tyrannosaur' in reference to anybody - I just made it because I had to make my own films.
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In our society, the sound of men complaining is like nails on a chalkboard.
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Improving oversight of hedge funds and other private funds is vital to their sustainability and to our economy's stability.
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Cuba never had advisors in Vietnam. The military there knew very well how to conduct their war.
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I can't design anything unless I'm excited by it, meaning I have an urge to wear it.
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Basically my whole life revolves around soccer. I don't take many vacations. Everything just gets put on the back burner because of my training. I miss out on a lot of weddings and family functions. But at the end of the day, I'm sitting here as a world champion, and it feels pretty good.
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I believe in glamour. I am in favor of a little vanity. I don't rely on just my genes.
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At some point, life starts to pass you by and becomes about avoidance. I want to stay clear from that situation, because I don't like that.
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I am open to them. If I come across something interesting, and I think it suits me, I may do a horror movie.
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The note of the perfect personality is not rebellion, but peace.
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Life is a journey which is far more enjoyable when your holding hands with the ones you love
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So don't be fooled, so don't get lied to Love was always cruel And don't act strange, don't be a stranger It happened to me, now it's happening to you But if you'd take that train underwater Then we could talk it through
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There are many stressed single parents who may be working two jobs in order to keep the family together.
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I've done every tour with them since then and will always be with them as long as they're together.
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Everything takes me longer than I expect. It's the sad truth about life.
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Let us hold hands instead of let us hold kitchens. To say put our heads together and not put our parlors together. But it is not as simple as replacing words anymore. Ravan is gone. My hearth is broken.
