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.
C. J. Mahaney
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In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character.
P. J. O'Rourke
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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.
FKA twigs
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I want young people to be hesitant to glorify war and to demand of their leaders justification for the sacrifices they ask of our citizens.
Walter Dean Myers
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Anytime rock and metal can get on mainstream TV at all, it's a good thing.
Eddie Trunk
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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.
Fernando Botero
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So long as the Zulu people are here, clearly I will still have a role to play in this country.
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
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I'd done some acting stuff when I was younger, around age nine.
Samuel Larsen
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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.
Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam
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Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something.
Pancho Villa
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Your former Fathers the Spaniards have now no further Authority over you.
Zebulon Pike
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During a transformation, it's understandable to be hesitant about moving too fast, especially at the outset.
Irene Rosenfeld
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An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.
Irv Kupcinet
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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.
Walter Kirn
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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.
Quincy Jones
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I have an incredibly high metabolism.
Zoe Sugg
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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.
Ilan Stavans
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You can blame my mom for some of my worst fashion moments. She used to dress me and my sister in a lot of patterns. Like, she would put me in striped stockings with a floral dress. Like, why are you doing that to me?
Hailey Bieber
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I have a high self-opinion - I don't need to hide that. I don't need to be self-deprecating.
Adam Levine Maroon 5
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To learn anything other than the stuff you find in books, you need to be able to experiment, to make mistakes, to accept feedback, and to try again. It doesn't matter whether you are learning to ride a bike or starting a new career, the cycle of experiment, feedback, and new experiment is always there.
Charles Handy
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Unless you have money today, you cannot live life according to your need.
Benjamin Creme
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America preaches integration and practices segregation.
Malcolm X
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My dad and I used to watch 'Ninja Warrior' all the time back when it was in Japan. I would always say, 'I could do that,' kind of joking, but obviously kind of serious.
Kacy Catanzaro
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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.
Catherynne M. Valente