Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
Sometimes, magic is like that. It lands on your head like a piano, a stupid, ancient, unfunny joke, and you spend the rest of your life picking sharps and flats out of your hair.
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I would like all French children to have unlimited opportunities opened up for them as French minister of education.
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I've always wanted my own fragrance; Avon pairs with the way I think: what they do and represent, what they do for women, and the good causes such as domestic violence, and breast cancer.
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I'm a little angry in life.
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I started out in Scotland, not as a footballer of any note, and I didn't play to draw the attention of people abroad.
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I'm happiest when I'm moving.
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I am a very selfish person.
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Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
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'The Satanic Verses' was denied the ordinary life of a novel. It became something smaller and uglier: an insult.
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I myself was completely torn by the decision to start Teach For America. There was a voice in my head telling me not to do it - to take a more normal path. I did have one thing going for me, which was that I had been rejected from all the other jobs I'd applied to.
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I used to be teased for the way I wore my hair at school. I used to do things like wear a different-colored sock on each leg.
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I kind of always struggled writing in Malay, because Malay is such a beautiful language. And it gets really hard, you know, if you want to make it into a song. You have to make it sound beautiful, use the right words.
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I feel more and more the time wasted that is not spent in Ireland.
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I think it is quite untrue that it is standard journalistic practice to name the interviewer when quoting from an interview.
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The people have nothing to fear of me; people have never feared me.
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I never try to be the poster child for the perfect mother/wife... You prioritize, you do the best you can possibly do, and you don't beat yourself up.
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I think we need to be sexy and kind of mysterious and still pretty and beautiful. I like to hear that when a man sings. I don't really want to hear about taking my clothes off.
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It's properly scary playing a leading man. Growing up, I always wanted to be a character actor.
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Food still isn't my thing, but I've learned to respect its power and significance.
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When you play, it's like you know that there are people out there who are hearing it for the first time, and I think that's really important.
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Learn to breathe, learn to speak, but first..learn to feel.
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If it is terrorism, if it is war on terror, then the Afghan people will join you on terror.
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It is one thing to want money-everyone wants more-but it is something entirely different to be worth more!
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The past, she knew, is inviolable, one of the few things in life that cannot be marred by present foolishness, and in it the present may find its peace.
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Sometimes, magic is like that. It lands on your head like a piano, a stupid, ancient, unfunny joke, and you spend the rest of your life picking sharps and flats out of your hair.
