Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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We could spend time together during the day and just kind of talk and enjoy each other and enjoy the moment. But it was interesting we both knew that once you walk through the gates of that stadium, then it was on, the game was on.
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If you were black, you experienced prejudice. It wasn't a real horrible thing for us; we went through it. We noticed it mostly in the South and in Las Vegas, where we couldn't stay in the hotels where we entertained. But that began to change.
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Once you are a model, you do have to fly a million red-eye flights, and you do have to entertain a different client every single day.
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I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England.
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I've worked so hard for so long, and everyone's reaction has made me feel like... almost like they trust me, which is just a wonderful feeling. It pushes me to write things better and better.
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In the end, the market will decide which is the better performer: dirty coal-fired power or clean wind and solar. Market-based competition. That doesn't sound like communism to me.
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The post office actually achieves its mission. I wish we could say the same of the CIA.
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Let's face it, the great comedians now that are handicapped in the looks department are tremendous writers.
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I will always want to do whatever it is that my heart is in, and whether I get paid for it or not means nothing. It doesn't matter. I'll do it if it means something to me and I want to be a part of it.
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If you stand up for women, then don't bash me.
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The stampede toward 'rational expectations' - widely thought to be a 'revolution,' though it was only a generalization of the neoclassical idea of equilibrium-derailed the expectations-driven model building that had just left the station. In the end, this way of modeling has not illuminated how the world economy works.
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Two magnitudes whether commensurable or incommensurable, balance at distances reciprocally proportional to the magnitudes.
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For forty years, I've worn the same Azzaro Uomo fragrance.
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I had a very progressive drama teacher who would buy all the plays that were in New York and bring them to suburban Texas.
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Smile, it is the key that fits the lock of everybody's heart.
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The right way to deal with a budget problem that was years in the making is by formulating a credible plan to reduce the deficit over time and as the economy is able to withstand the necessary fiscal belt-tightening. That is what President Obama is doing.
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I think you have to see the high highs and the low lows to get to the core of what makes us tick as people.
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I've had a wonderful career and shared the stage with Vince Gill, who was my second love.
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I legit can not parallel park. This is no joke!
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We're starting to push the envelope in terms of the expectations, and you can also have your own style, personality and sense of humor, because now we're allowed to.
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One's thoughts turn towards Hope.
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I loathe the word 'celebrity,' and I hope I'm not a diva. Whenever I see diva-ish behaviour, I just leave the room; I find it appalling. You should always try to be civil to people.
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The official independence celebration was going to be held over four or five days, and a group of journalists from all over the world was allowed to fly in, because Angola was closed otherwise.
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Where there is a Key, there is yet hope.
