Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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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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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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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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I have been accused of things that I have never done. I have been called a perpetrator of incidents while I was actually a peacemaker. I really don't know why. Yuvraj Singh isn't a party animal; he is just singled out. I don't know why.
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It's been a journey, the NBA. It's taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
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What's popular in places considered ghettos - whether that's the inner city or Appalachia - is having a decent quality of life.
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You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
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Sarah Palin is treated like a bimbo sometimes, but she has never given the public the respect they deserve. She acts silly and doesn't know stuff. She didn't even finish her term.
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Together, Amazon and I are giving readers what they want - inexpensive, professional ebooks.
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I think that dealing with guns is one way to handle the violent-crime issues that we have in this country.
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I started a company called Pixel Qi and the principal of as we're going, smartphones were happening, but as we go forward, the predictions were five devices per person. Do you want to charge each one of those every night to try to get them on a full charge when you're walking around? Smartphones don't even last a day without a recharge now.
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By helping us to be more productive, technology lets us to spend less time focusing on survival, and more on solving other challenges.
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He had not guessed how much of the body of a Quest was simply walking.
