Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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I never want to hold myself up as the poster child of the successful mother-businesswoman. It's a total 'Gong Show.' I won't pretend. When you do so many things, something always suffers. You just can't be great at everything.
Candice Olson
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Rock music is not meant to be perfect.
Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
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I'm a little sheepish about it. Whenever I meet fans and they're like, 'Oh, you're so sexy,' I just don't get that. There's no way one man can be universally sexy.
Idris Elba
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I shall strive not to be guilty of adding any fuel to the flames of hatred and passion which, if continued to be fed, promise to burn up whatever is left by the war of decent human feeling in Europe.
Eamon de Valera
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I certainly keep my eye on Washington all the time because often life is stranger than fiction.
Beau Willimon
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If your mom is still around, you're so lucky.
M. J. Rose
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I know I should be Wonder Woman. They need an international actress - a fresh face. They need a woman who's tall, athletic and dark-haired - and an actress who can play the part. That's me. So, I'm coming to L.A. to work hard and meet the industry. And if 'Wonder Woman' comes together, I want it.
Tanit Phoenix
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For the most part, I do a lot of my own stunts. On 'The Final Destination,' they kept pulling my stunt woman in, and I'd shoo her away. I'm a black belt in tae kwon do, so I was adamant about doing stuff myself.
Haley Webb
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To be honest, I wasn't a sci-fi geek at all. But I do love a good sci-fi film, especially one that can really take you away. And I read some reality-bending novels growing up, like stuff by Vonngeut, so I already had one part my brain open to the unnatural and unusual, and it's generally fun to venture into that world and film in it.
Olivia Thirlby
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I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop.
Aaron Douglas
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There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.
Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
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It is right that we be concerned with the scientific probity of metaphysics.
Gabriel Marcel
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I don't think our music has much to do with math rock.
Ian Williams Battles
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I love my sleep.
Caprice Bourret
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I love sitcoms, and I grew up on sitcoms. That's my tasty junk food.
Felicia Day
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Any writer will be happy and good only if they know what they're doing and why they're doing it.
Yann Martel
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A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.
E. W. Howe
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I don't believe love goes away just because you're buried in a casket.
Nancy Grace
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Electricity is derived from many non-renewable energy sources like oil, natural gas and coal.
Lamar S. Smith
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What if I’ve forgotten the most important thing? What if somewhere inside me there is a dark limbo where all the truly important memories are heaped and slowly turning into mud?...the thought fills me with an almost unbearable sorrow.
Haruki Murakami
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It's a way of living, sharing things with people who work with me, and they seem to enjoy it.
Agnes Varda
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I value mothers and motherhood enormously. For every inattentive or abusive mother in my fiction I think you'll find a dozen or so who are neither.
William Trevor
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After love, no one is what they were before.
Catherynne M. Valente