Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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In many countries, they do not even keep track of how girls are doing in school, or if they are there at all. If we say, 'Girls count,' then we must count girls, so we can see if we are really making progress in educating every girl.
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It seemed like the more complex the music we were playing, the less able we were to guarantee its consistency.
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Turquoise is my birthstone; I'm a Sagittarius.
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NASA should start thinking about this planet.
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You get to a point where it's like you can't really do anything right, and people will pick on you for whatever decisions you make, so I just try and take no notice and get on with my music.
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My health is fine.
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Writing is not like acting, where you can pull these little stunts that create a particular effect. Words are all it is about, and the way you use words has to be individual and particular to you.
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I am very much against makeup and high heels and all that we inherit as 'beauty.'
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This is a learning in the business life that first of all you need to have commitment, dedication and passion for what you are doing.
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Back in May of 2008, the Kindle was still quite new, and we focused on that.
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When I was a teenager, I really didn't like loud rock music. I listened to jazz and blues and folk music. I've always preferred acoustic music. And it was only, I suppose, by the time Jethro Tull was getting underway that we did let the music begin to have a harder edge, in particular with the electric guitar being alongside the flute.
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But whether a couple is a man and a woman has everything to do with the meaning of marriage.
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Signing up for 'It Follows,' I didn't have any idea it was going to turn out the way it did, but seeing it, the music and the feel of it definitely was pretty amazing, getting that kind of throwback feel to classic horror movies.
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If I'm singing something I don't like, it literally feels like stepping on nails.
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If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable. You must reach the emotional and intellectual level of ability where you can go out stark naked, emotionally, in front of an audience.
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Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.
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Televisa is the largest media company in the Spanish-speaking world, and the steps we have taken, which extend the tenure of our exclusive access to Televisa's premium Spanish-language telenovelas, sports, sitcoms, reality series, news programs and feature films, put Univision in a stronger competitive position.
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The whole voiceover world is new and different to me and quite challenging.
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It's a myth that you have to wash your hair all the time.
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We think we live in a global village. We don't. The world is a big and beautiful and incredibly varied place. It can only be known locally, with your two feet on the ground. We should stick to our own gardens, as Voltaire said.
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Ty Walker doesn't wear suits very much. He's not used to being that pressed and conservative businessman. So, he's self-conscious anyway about walking around in these skinny-legged suits, and then for someone to sort of assume that's who he is, it really bothers him.
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I tell people this: It's hard to write about walking in the park, but it's easy to write about a breakup.
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The man had added to his body in a way that was brave and timeless and beyond adornment.
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He had not guessed how much of the body of a Quest was simply walking.
