Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
I have all the books I could need, and what more could I need than books? I shall only engage in commerce if books are the coin.
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I find myself so easily discouraged. It is pathetic how easily I can be discouraged - easily discouraged by resistance, easily discouraged by opposition, easily discouraged by hardness of heart, easily discouraged by blindness.
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I was never the pretty girl at school. I'm tiny and mixed-race. I grew up in a white area. I was always the loner.
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Anytime rock and metal can get on mainstream TV at all, it's a good thing.
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An artist is born like a priest is born. If they are born an artist, I would tell them art is not a game: it is something very serious which completely requires everything you have to give.
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So long as the Zulu people are here, clearly I will still have a role to play in this country.
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I'd done some acting stuff when I was younger, around age nine.
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I think the hardest thing about making music now is being a great dad at the same time. There's an insanity that goes with writing - a mad scientist thing that you have to go through - and sacrificing a kid's upbringing to do that is not an option.
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Your former Fathers the Spaniards have now no further Authority over you.
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During a transformation, it's understandable to be hesitant about moving too fast, especially at the outset.
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An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.
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According to the perverse aesthetics of artistic guilty pleasure, certain books and movies are so bad - so crudely conceived, despicably motivated and atrociously executed - that they're actually rather good.
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Everybody, no matter what vocation they're looking at, should add music as an essential to their curriculum. Music can be a very important part of your soul and your growth as a human being. It's so powerful.
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Historically, the 19th century is defined by annexations and internal turmoil. For instance, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 gave more than half of Mexican territory to the United States.
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I'm a big Johnny Cash girl. And I love singers like Laura Marling and Joanna Newsom.
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We had a saying at Blockbuster: 'If you don't come in on Saturday, don't bother coming in on Sunday.' We worked hard.
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Sometimes parents squash students' interests because they are afraid of science or math. So they don't participate. You don't have to know the answers to engage kids; you just have to let them know it's important.
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I would love to be a mum if I'm blessed to have children. My wife and I have those plans.
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Lewis Black taught me stand-up.
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Be sure we are going to do our utmost for this not to happen again, because we need each other.
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“Books can be the people we never get to meet, ancestors or far neighbors.”
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Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.
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Death makes us sad, but it can also make us feel more alive.
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I have all the books I could need, and what more could I need than books? I shall only engage in commerce if books are the coin.
