Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
Never put your faith in a Prince. When you require a miracle, trust in a Witch.
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I suffer from a more complex, persistent fear. It manifests itself in nerves, and on film the camera sees even the tiniest evidence of this. So you have to learn that when the director calls 'Action,' you don't go to this place of tension, but somehow you become free.
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All my life, the naysayers have told me that I can't win because I'm a progressive... because I'm a woman... even because I'm a lesbian.
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By taking responsibility for how you choose to respond to anything or anyone, you're aligning yourself with the beautiful dance of life.
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Never judge a person if you don't know him.
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The second trial was a fair trial. I do not call it a second trial. I call it a fair trial, as opposed to the first trial, which was an unfair trial, a Roman holiday.
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Orange blossom water would make a magical addition to your store cupboard.
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Internet journalism is not a world we know very well at all. It's conducted more on the screen and less in bars, which makes it rather less useful for getting stories about people throwing up over one another, which is what one's after.
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A lot of people can't remember things because they weren't actually there to begin with - they don't take it all in.
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To understand why dictators have a problem with making peace - or at least a genuine peace - the link between the nature of a regime and its external behavior must be understood.
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My whole thing is being sexy without showing too much, because that's my comfort level.
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I just don't believe that when people are being unjustly oppressed that they should let someone else set rules for them by which they can come out from under that oppression.
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It seems that no two people came to this specialized area of work via the exact same route.
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Never make your home in a place. Make a home for yourself inside your own head. You'll find what you need to furnish it - memory, friends you can trust, love of learning, and other such things. That way it will go with you wherever you journey.
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There is an interaction and action, reaction between two people. One should show honesty in a relationship. Be honest to your partner and tell him everything. How long can you do things with dishonesty and that's wrong. Don't get into a relationship if you can't be honest.
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Kids can be born with potential but unless it's encouraged - pushed, even - I don't think it will ever come to fruition.
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We're bigger now than we were in the late 70s when we were peaking.
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Each of us inevitable;Each of us limitless-each of us with his or her right upon the earth.
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All men were alien one to another, at times, not only aliens.
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Do not allow people to dim your shine because they are blinded. Tell them to put on some sunglasses because we were born this way.
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I grew up in a neighborhood in Baltimore that was like a war zone, so I never learned to trust that there were people who could help me.
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Romo was a miracle.
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Trust is the easiest thing in the world to lose, and the hardest thing in the world to get back.
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I believe that collaboration is one of the most important things in any field.
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Never put your faith in a Prince. When you require a miracle, trust in a Witch.
