Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
It is well known that reading quickens the growth of a heart like nothing else.
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One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you.
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I kept my babies fed. I could have dumped them, but I didn't. I decided that whatever trip I was on, they were going with me. You're looking at a real daddy.
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All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together.
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And the idea of just wandering off to a cafe with a notebook and writing and seeing where that takes me for awhile is just bliss.
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You may earn whatever money you earn as a cricketer, but you want to play for your country. At the end of the day, you want to do something special. There are plenty of people who earn 50 crores or 100 crores as businessmen or big professionals or who are really doing well in business. But what gives pleasure to your mom and dad is the fame.
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The South is brutalized to a degree not realized by its own inhabitants, and the very foundation of government, law and order, are imperilled.
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If 10 years ago I was told I'd be where I am now, I would've been pretty happy.
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War is the supreme drama of a completely mechanized society.
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… the dogma that History is just 'one damned thing after another....'
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After 20 years in the game, I was fortunate to get away from the game and enjoy my family, which was great for me.
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I'm speechless! I am so happy to have won MTV Brand New!
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I've always thought of myself as so unsuited to be a frontman.
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Joys too exquisite to last, And yet more exquisite when past.
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I have freedom. But freedom means total selfishness. It means nobody cares much what you do.
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I'm a huge advocate for individuals with disabilities.
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I love myself, the way I look, my body, but sometimes I can't help but feel insecure.
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What I don't want is to be in the public's face all the time. I know there are people who will do anything and everything to be out there. That's not my agenda. I love doing what I do and doing it for a period of time and then stopping.
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There's a tradition in American fiction that is deadly serious and earnest - like the Steinbeckian social novel.
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With human inspectors, it's difficult to get even the same person to make consistent judgments.
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I'm not a first-place person.
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Many people put up with things that are unpleasant but tolerable, rather than changing them; their situation needs to become unbearable before they take action.
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One reason I've never been a fan of graphic novels is because a central aspect of literature for me has always been imagining what the things I'm reading about look like.
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Yes. I was the first female colonel. I enjoyed being that kind of role model for young women watching the show. A woman can be a colonel! A woman can be in charge! Those were new ideas then.
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It is well known that reading quickens the growth of a heart like nothing else.
