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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I feel like we all have our skeletons.
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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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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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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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I believe that the Chinese people as a whole love to make investments in real estate.
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The public schools I attended were dominated by athletics and rarely inspiring intellectually, but I enjoyed a small circle of interesting friends despite my ineptitude at team sports and my preference for reading.
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The American dream seems to be thriving in Europe not at home.
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When I was young, my dad, a veteran who attended college on the GI Bill, lost his job at age 55 when the company he worked for was sold. My entire family pitched in - my mom took in sewing, and I got a minimum wage job after school.
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I believe a lot of players that start to think about money - 'Oh my goodness; I'm up for a new contract' - they don't have a great season because they're thinking about all these different things. Do your business on the field, and everything takes care of itself.
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I have made multiple videos telling fans not to come to our house. I feel like a zoo animal.
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I prefer a change of surroundings anyway, and I like to be around some energy and white noise, so I usually go to a Barnes & Noble cafe or to the library on 5th and 42nd. In the afternoons, I do research, reading, editing, and play with the kids.
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Loss generally occurs when a player overrates his advantage or for other reasons seeks to derive from a minute advantage a great return such as a forced win.
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Look good, feel good, play good.
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Change can either challenge or threaten us. Your beliefs pave your way to success or block you.
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"I think I look a little like a pumpkin,” whispered September, secretly delighted. “I’m all green and orange.
