Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
Some small ones learn to stitch together a Coat of Scowls or a Scarf of Jokes to hide their Hearts. Some hammer up a Fort of Books to protect theirs.
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Arthur Conan Doyle was entranced by the notion of a brilliant detective who can deduce everything a stranger has been up to from the merest clue, and yet can't have a trusting relationship with his closest friend.
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In bookstores, my stuff is usually filed in the out-of-the-way, additional interest sections.
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Here in Indiana and in many states throughout the union, we rely on coal to power our homes and provide good-paying middle class jobs - like the one my family relied on when I was a kid. The coal mine helped put food on our table and helped me pursue an education and realize the American Dream.
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I always assumed I would leave drama school and do 'Lady Macbeth' and all sorts of serious things. It just didn't happen.
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Personally, I love theater; that's where I started.
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Music is about the performance.
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Events tend to recur in cycles.
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The beauty of diversification is it's about as close as you can get to a free lunch in investing.
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After becoming deaf, I realized that I'd better get an education if I was ever to do anything with my life.
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I always liked spy stories.
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I'm often daydreaming, and it's because I've always liked the idea of there being something more than the normal world.
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I love palm strikes because you have a longer reach. Normally, when you give a left hook and then a right straight, you are too close for the right straight. Why? Because the hook is shorter.
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The most important thing you will do is yet to be seen. For me, I found my important thing to do when I learned to do surgery on the eye, when I learned to restore a person's vision.
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I believe in music because it has the power of change.
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I'm glad that Gov. Scott down in Florida accepted ObamaCare, because it will work.
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Age and numbers are a concept made up by man.
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Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of enough. Good enough. Successful enough. Thin enough. Rich enough. Socially responsible enough. When you have self-respect, you have enough.
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A 'farm' today means 100,000 chickens in a space the size of a Motel 6 shower stall.
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I didn't act in school. I didn't study acting, either. I learned everything when I got to New York.
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The only weapon we have is the comedy.
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It seems that we learn lessons when we least expect them but always when we need them the most, and, the true gift in these lessons always lies in the learning process itself.
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People learn from people they love.
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When we understand that all animals are our relatives, perhaps then we will treat them as our brothers and sisters.
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Some small ones learn to stitch together a Coat of Scowls or a Scarf of Jokes to hide their Hearts. Some hammer up a Fort of Books to protect theirs.
