Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
"I think I look a little like a pumpkin,” whispered September, secretly delighted. “I’m all green and orange.
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When Bush first got elected, the very first time there was talk of going to war with Iraq, the mainstream media gave his position total credibility. I didn't get it then, and I don't get it now.
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I feel like we all have our skeletons.
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I grew up in Germany for a little while, and all my German friends said that Seattle, weather and energy-wise, is a lot like West Germany. It's true.
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In my dreams and visions, I seemed to see a line, and on the other side of that line were green fields, and lovely flowers, and beautiful white ladies, who stretched out their arms to me over the line, but I couldn't reach them no-how. I always fell before I got to the line.
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I'm not going to lie; the most fun of writing these books is just saying, 'Where am I going to write about? Let me go there!'
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There's very little bohemia in Australia and it's one of the things I miss most about not living in Europe.
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I don't believe in having spaces in the home that don't get used. We pay so much for square footage that to waste it is criminal.
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I have a very 'theatre' face. I have what they call a wide mask. I probably would have been a big film star in the '20s with the silent films where they used a lot of key lighting, and make-up carved out your face.
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I live by a hill. I began walking it and then I began jogging it and then I began sprinting it.
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Street protests in Saudi Arabia might warm our hearts, but they could easily lead to $250 a barrel oil and a global recession.
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I found that female pathfinders generally integrate characteristics commonly associated with being women - like the capacity to be intimate - with 'male' ones like ambition and courage.
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Feeling passionate about something doesn't mean you have to be angry.
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Put too many one-size-fits-all jackets on Americans and the place explodes.
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Let's make Marco Rubio explain why he thinks oil companies should write our energy policy.
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Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish.
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I have had bullets flying at concerts, but I don't want to talk about that.
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With all the auditions you do, there is a lot of rejection you have to take as well. You get used to that.
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There's always reasons to make mistakes. Because then you do new mistakes next time. So they're beautiful mistakes.
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Sometimes one succeeds, sometimes one fails.
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The idea of the split personality is as old as Genesis. For a start, Eve was manufactured from Adam's rib. Then there's Cain and Abel, twins at war. They were followed by Esau and Jacob, likewise divisible into hairy and smooth types.
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But as a young model, I never felt as beautiful as I looked.
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The first time I thought I should be an actor was in school. I thought, 'At least this is something for which I won't have to study.' But I've realised that an actor needs to be constantly unsure about what he's doing and about what's going on around him. The moment you think you've nailed it, you're dead.
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This does not mean that we need treat all as equally true: it is up to individuals and groups to make up their minds. Freedom of faith allows for rich diversity of judgements as to the truth.
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"I think I look a little like a pumpkin,” whispered September, secretly delighted. “I’m all green and orange.
