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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In New York, especially, so much of your life is spent on the streets. You don't always want to be driving around in an SUV with a security guard. You want to be able to walk to a restaurant; you want to go and do things.
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In comics, there are depths that don't reveal themselves immediately, and the stuff that you might consider anal about 'Watching the Watchmen' - like the notes where I plot the rotation of a perfume bottle through the air - might not be particularly obvious to anyone who reads it.
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We used to play marbles for keeps. If you lost, you lost. It is the same way with politics, but not everybody knows this.
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There's no reason why the 'Lost' alternate reality game had to be officially made by the 'Lost' production crew.
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The Labour party is a lost cause for anybody who is moderate and sensible and believes in that left-of-centre view of life.
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September had no natural defense against lost things, being one herself.
