Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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When you play good, everything is good, but when you don't play so good, everything is bad. Even when you think there are good things, they still say bad things.
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'Star Wars' was, I mean, it was the first time I remember seeing three movies that all kind of went together. It was just an amazing final understanding of what a trilogy was.
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I don't like the blame game, though.
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I think the films we see, the Hollywood films, which are basically entertainment, will still be there, but they'll be in a totally different category. People won't take them seriously. They'll kind of end up the way comic books have. A side view of things.
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The Englishman never enjoys himself except for a noble purpose.
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We've never been anti-Semitic.
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The mind is the effect, not the cause.
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One must learn to love, and go through a good deal of suffering to get to it... and the journey is always towards the other soul.
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Any item of clothing that covers the face and makes it impossible to identify individuals is open to abuse.
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The wisdom of God's Word is quite clear on believers being unequally yoked. And marrying someone who is not a Christian - who is not a daily disciple of Christ - is being unequally yoked, regardless of what their beliefs might be.
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The South is brutalized to a degree not realized by its own inhabitants, and the very foundation of government, law and order, are imperilled.
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I was always pretty decent at fast stick work or doing stuff that seems impressive that's not really; I was pretty tasteful and had good ideas musically. But I had a terrible sense of tempo, which is like being a blind painter.
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We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.
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He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.
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Well, I don't throw things. This particular night I brought one from the floor so to speak, and he ended up getting a cut over his head, and the police came, took him to another side of the hotel, and that was like September 6, 1981.
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I'm an affectionate person.
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Years are not important, my dear.
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I guess my name was gonna be Michael Vernon Wells, and I came out, and my dad saw my nose. He always says that my nose right now is the same size as it was when I was born. So he had to name me Vernon. He's got a big schnozz on him, too.
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I think I will be a great president having to do with the military and also having to do with taking care of our vets.
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My lifestyle is a consequence of my wounds. I'm the son of my history.
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It will be impossible for us to eradicate HIV as long as any corner of the world is cut off from the education and services that we know helps stop the spread of this disease.
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I did see one Tyler Perry movie in the theater. My friends and I went to see, I believe it was, 'Why Did I Get Married?'
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September had no natural defense against lost things, being one herself.
