Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
A stepmother is like a bullet you can't dig out. She fires true and she fires hot and she fires so quick that her metal hits your body before you even know there's a fight on.
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My father got me involved in the game when I was four years old.
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It just seems like the most fun thing in the world. I've never met people who have kids who haven't looked me in the eye and been like, 'It's the greatest thing that's ever happened.'
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Iraq did not spontaneously opt for disarmament. They did it as part of a ceasefire, so they were forced to do it, otherwise the war might have gone on. So the motivation has been very different.
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Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
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We may define therapy as a search for value.
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Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.
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Literature is an avenue to glory, ever open for those ingenious men who are deprived of honours or of wealth.
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Distinction is the consequence, never the object of a great mind.
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I always loved going to Hawai'i; it was very, very special.
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Libraries are at a cultural crossroads. Some proffer that libraries as we know them may go away altogether, ironic victims of the information age where Google has subverted Dewey decimal and researchers can access anything on a handheld device. Who needs to venture deep into the stacks when answers are but a click away?
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For those who are able to work, work has to be seen as the best route out of poverty. For work is not just about more money - it is transformative. It's about taking responsibility for yourself and your family.
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This rap game is just WWF; everybody wants points off somebody else.
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I mean if I'm in the middle of a field with my keyboard and some headphones and I feel inspired to write something, I'll just write something really beautiful and mellow.
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I have an American top hat that's collapsible and works as a frisbee.
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The Confederations Cup is interesting. It served Spain very well to take part and then go on to win the 2010 World Cup. We knew the stadiums, the atmosphere, the conditions and also the difficulties of a tournament which simulated the World Cup format.
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No one ever bugged Jack Nicholson. When we made 'Witches,' and people were standing around to see him, he'd just come out and say, 'Hi everybody!' I was lucky enough to go with him to a Lakers game, too, and he was always friendly. No one bothers Jack, because he makes himself so accessible.
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If we didn't have the rest of the world growing, the United States economy would be in much worse shape than it is today.
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My dreams came true while wearing the opening look from the spring/summer 2010 Dior ready-to-wear collection. I will never forget how special I felt opening John Galliano's show, like I was living a dream.
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If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.
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People don't like the true and simple; they like fairy tales and humbug.
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Touch blue and your wish will come true.
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I'm an actor. I can make anyone believe anything. I don't have to know what the hell I'm talking about.
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I had these little babies [my twins] and it gave me something so spectacular, such a feeling - I was so turned on and so excited by them that I wrote a poem. I had it on scraps of paper and the maid threw it out.
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A stepmother is like a bullet you can't dig out. She fires true and she fires hot and she fires so quick that her metal hits your body before you even know there's a fight on.
