Catherynne M. Valente Quotes

She still longed for the best heights of magic, to see dragons and mermaids, to see the naked world.

Catherynne M. Valente

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• Black beans and soy beans are the cornerstones of longevity diets around 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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• 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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• 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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• 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 freewheeling mind can conceive a virtually infinite number of sequences, but just how that mind picks out and stores those that may perhaps be used later to deal with a given tension, a given situation, is far beyond my understanding.

  

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• An expensive arms race, under cover of the military metaphysic, and in a paranoid atmosphere of fright, is an economically attractive business. To many utopian capitalists, it has become the Business Way of American Life.'

  

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• All religions are ultimately cargo cults.Adherents perform required rituals, followspecific rules, and expect to be supernaturallygifted with desired rewards-long life,honor, wisdom, children, good health, wealth,victory over opponents, immortality afterdeath, any desired rewards.

  

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• Don't just dream about grandiose acts of doing good. Every day do small ones, that add up over time to positive patterns.

  

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• She still longed for the best heights of magic, to see dragons and mermaids, to see the naked world.

  

  Catherynne M. Valente
  • World
  • Magic
  • Naked