Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
The world had gotten gritty enough. The only thing left to do in all that dirt was to shine.
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There was a time I desperately needed for the world to know that I was no category guy. My whole goal in life was to reach that certain success where people will say, 'Hey, that guy can do anything. He's the Evel Knievel of music. He's jumping over 15 buses!'
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I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.
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I always put my fantasies in the realm of goals.
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The falsification of scientific data or analysis is always a serious matter.
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I'm wondering how many elected figures any of us could find who do not, in the front or back of their minds, remember who does them favors, who doesn't.
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I'm single-minded. When I'm working on a project, all my attention is there.
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I'm proud of the fact that I stood up early and unequivocally in opposition to Bush's foreign policy. That opposition hasn't changed.
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I believe television is going to be the test of the modern world, and that in this new opportunity to see beyond the range of our vision we shall discover either a new and unbearable disturbance of the general peace or a saving radiance in the sky. We shall stand or fall by television - of that I am quite sure.
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No Jewish blood runs among my blood,but I am as bitterly and hardly hatedby every anti-semiteas if I were a Jew. By thisI am a Russian.
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I'm the kinda girl who works for Paramount by day, and Fox all night
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A lot of actors just do whatever they do, and wherever the camera is, it is. They don't pay much attention, but I always did. I was always very close to the camera crew. They were my best buddies, no matter what movie or show I was doing.
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There's the laws of society and morality and then there's the laws of the heart.
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Now, everyone has their talents, but working with props is not one of mine.
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When I get older, I don't think I'll like to have wrinkles, or a big jelly belly. I cannot have it.
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Truth suffers from too much analysis.
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Strong people are made by opposition like kites that go up against the wind.
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The heart and soul of the company is creativity and innovation.
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I started doing standup because of Hugh Grant's best-man speech in 'Four Weddings,' which is basically a standup routine.
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I love love stories, no matter how dark.
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I really don't understand the idea of a celebrity stylist. Is it a real job? I know there's unemployment, but frankly the railways need to be fixed, too.
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I'm anti-globalisation. There is nothing more enriching than to go out into the world and meet people different to you. We must fight the spread of a singular way of thinking and preserve cultural differences.
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Just seeing people appreciate what you do, come out and support it, and sing the songs back, there's not a better feeling in the world.
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I just completed a tour in Europe. I played every night. This requires traveling some days for six hours in a van or a train or a car. After six weeks of that, I checked into the hotel and just fell apart.
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The world had gotten gritty enough. The only thing left to do in all that dirt was to shine.
