Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
She still longed for the best heights of magic, to see dragons and mermaids, to see the naked world.
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I love Ray Mears. He's brilliant. He's so rude about me in the press, it's outrageous!
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You either make dust or eat dust.
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I come from a generation that suffered school lessons in portacabins and crumbling hospitals. I tell you one thing, for the eighteen years they were in power the Tories did nothing to fix the roof when the sun was shining.
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Black beans and soy beans are the cornerstones of longevity diets around the world.
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Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world?
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My great inspiration has always been Studs Terkel, who is a wonderful American oral historian. He was a radio DJ at first, interviewed a lot of jazz musicians, and at some point started to interview Americans about work.
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With three kids you are just trying to survive. You can't be fastidious.
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When I'm writing, I'm in an isolation chamber. I'm not one to think about that outside world stuff when I'm writing.
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I think that marriage of music and picture is so vital, especially in a film that's almost exclusively exteriors.
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I'd love to work with Michael Buble, with Tony Bennett, with Damian Marley, with Andrea Bocelli.
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Over the years, from serving in the CIA to sitting on non-profit boards, I have observed first-hand what the addition of even one woman to a meeting or to a decision-making body can do. Put simply, in very many instances, group dynamics improve markedly.
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I've learned that I've got to keep level-headed.
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I never thought about being famous.
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Proteins are constantly being degraded. Therefore, simultaneous production of proteins is required.
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I know people said I wasn't selling out in America, but that was entirely untrue. We sold out all over the world, and every night I looked out into the fans and those front rows that you're talking about, the tears, the honesty, the inability to not be completely overjoyed because they felt accepted.
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Love is a state of Being. Your love is not outside; it is deep within you. You can never lose it, and it cannot leave you. It is not dependent on some other body, some external form.
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A responsible choice is a choice that creates consequences that you are willing to assume responsibility for.
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The funkiest housing in Holland is for low-income, and I think that's very nice.
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The end of a picture is always an end of a life.
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A brave man scorns to quarrel once a day;Like Hectors in at every petty fray.
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Secreted and hidden in the heart of the world and in the heart of the human is the light which can illuminate all life, the future and the past. Shall we not search for it?
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Some people will have to be afraid. Those who plunder the nation, deliver injustice, will have to feel scared of me. And I am not afraid of admitting this. Government cannot be so lenient that it forgives them.
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For many people, music is here to let them forget the daily chores of life.
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She still longed for the best heights of magic, to see dragons and mermaids, to see the naked world.
