Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
SF raised me, and I think it did a damn fine job. It at least removed a lot of potential sources of anxiety.
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It is indeed hard for the strong to be just to the weak, but acting justly always has its rewards.
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There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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Only Arab Israel, the land of Israel, is our true homeland.
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I'm rooting for Saudi Arabia getting a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council.
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To me, my business is my life.
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I'm a big Hall and Oates fan.
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I train to be the champion.
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A champion owes everybody something. He can never pay back for all the help he got, for making him an idol.
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When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.
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You have to be really careful with what you put out on social media and who you're talking to online.
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Listen; there's a hell of a good universe next door: let's go.
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I can paint pictures, but I cannot rule men.
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Sometimes I say things that I can't believe came out of my mouth. Or I won't mean something and it will come out completely nonsensical.
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The products I review are typically lent to me by their manufacturers for a few weeks or months. I return any products I am lent for review, except for items of minor value that companies typically don't want back. In the case of these items, I either discard them or give them away to charity.
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Nobody reads the disclosures that roll down your computer screen. You click 'I agree' but you don't know what you're agreeing to.
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I agree that there are things that should be kept secret.
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Nonetheless, we continue to be obsessed with finding or inventing a European nation which, as in the nation state, guarantees homogeneity and thus an appropriate form of democracy and centralized government.
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We're all conditioned to work hard, and it's not just an Asian thing: it's an Asian American thing. You maximize the little opportunity you have, and I've made a career.
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The greatest job I ever had was working on my family farm. Each morning my father would come into my bedroom around 4:30 am and command me to get up and work the fields. I would spend the next two hours before school slopping pigs and cropping tobacco.
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So many wells have been dug in Changzhou that its groundwater has been over-exploited, and the local ground level has sunk by two feet. The city has officially banned new wells and mandated the installation of pollution controls, but China's endemic corruption ensures that neither measure has much meaning.
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I may just keep releasing singles 'til I run out of music, which is kind of cool in a way - as long as people don't go, 'Oh my God, not another one!'
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Analog is more beautiful than digital, really, but we go for comfort.
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SF raised me, and I think it did a damn fine job. It at least removed a lot of potential sources of anxiety.
