Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
Maidens stand still, they are lovely statues and all admire them. Witches do not stand still. I was neither, but better that I err on the side of witchery, witchery that unlocks towers and empties ships.
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My parents were self-made people, and they were a team.
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I'm the 1st black platinum artist in Detroit, solo artist in Detroit.
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The attitude and identity that we want to play with doesn't change.
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To not sing with an orchestra, to not be able to communicate through my voice, which I've done all my life, and not to be able to phrase lyrics and give people that kind of joy, I think I would be totally devastated.
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The worst thing for an effective war on terror is the suspicion of states about the objectives.
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Eighty per cent of my output is 'Mallory clowns on the Western canon,' and I'm happy to be that person.
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When you do a film, you get picked up in a car, lunch is free. Theatre is really hard, and you get absolutely no money.
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I probably went all the way to junior high school before a school doctor told me that I was 'dyslexic.'
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My English teachers gave me a copy of Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale' when I left high school, which has always been very special to me - it was the novel that introduced me to dystopian fiction. I'm also influenced by Edgar Allan Poe, Dickens, John Wyndham and Middle English dream-visions.
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When punk began to be a genre, people were going to go out and try to mine it. Some of the better groups, like the Ramones and the Sex Pistols, were very artificial.
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I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.
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Most people learn to improvise on their own, listening to records, endless hours of noodling on their instrument in the bedroom with all their spare time. That's traditionally how people learn.
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In 1998, I founded the American Center for Law and Justice, probably the premier public interest law firm in America defending the rights of believers.
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I know it can be dangerous, but I love racing. I worry my wife, but she knows it's important to me.
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As soon as someone finds out something you're insecure about or that bothers you, they will use that against you, which is awful.
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Oh my God, Nicole is killed? Oh my God, she is dead?
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Memory is a net: one finds it full of fish when he takes it from the brook, but a dozen miles of water have run through it without sticking.
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Your environment doesn't define you. I don't have a lot of money, but I can help train people and I can talk to people. We can all be mentors to the next generation.
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A girl can tell I like her when I blush or start telling bad jokes.
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We're the only species who follow unstable leaders. This is true - it has little to do with America - around the world, pack leaders are unstable. Animals don't follow that.
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"Pray when you feel like praying," somebody has said. "Pray when you don't feel like praying. Pray until you do feel like praying.
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I've always considered myself a crunch-time player. I just love having the ball in my hands. Everyone in the arena knows the ball is supposed to be in your hands and you still make it. It's the odds. I love the odds.
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It's been so amazing. I've always struggled with this barrier that I felt like I'd had up until blogging came along. Just one comment from somebody really sparks something in me. It doesn't need to be this huge war between me and the listeners anymore. I really thrive on that.
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Maidens stand still, they are lovely statues and all admire them. Witches do not stand still. I was neither, but better that I err on the side of witchery, witchery that unlocks towers and empties ships.
