Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
But luck can be spent, like money; and lost, like a memory; and wasted, like a life.
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The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.
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I don't like the blame game, though.
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The falsification of scientific data or analysis is always a serious matter.
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The pleasure from acting comes from having great writing to work with. If it's well written and the character is interesting, then, as an actor, that's the raw material I need.
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I feel bad that I'm the one always blamed for the failure of the space business - even though there are problems with government policy toward the space business.
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People who devote themselves to a life of style are admirable.
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I was adopted into this incredible home, a loving, positive environment, yet I had this yearning, this kind of darkness that was also inside me.
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I'm as heterosexual as any person need be. I'm open about my relationships - or lack thereof - in my own life, because I want to make the case that gay isn't contagious. It's not something that you can catch or learn or choose.
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The roar of the crowd has always been the sweetest music. It's intoxicating.
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Since we are not permitted to act, we are obliged to know.
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I was sixteen when suddenlyI wasn't that little girl you used to see.But your eyes still shined like pretty lights,And our daddies used to joke about the two of us.They never believed we'd really fall in love.And our mamas smiled and rolled their eyesAnd said oh my my my...
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I confidently predict the collapse of capitalism and the beginning of history. Something will go wrong in the machinery that converts money into money, the banking system will collapse totally, and we will be left having to barter to stay alive. Those who can dig in their garden will have a better chance than the rest. I'll be all right; I've got a few veg.
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Like a human being, each word has a story. To understand a word, we need to learn where it was born, what paths it took to reach where it is today and how it has changed along the way.
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More than five million seniors have already saved money on their prescription drugs, and almost 33 million have benefited from free preventive services. The president cracked down hard on Medicare and health care fraud, recovering a record-breaking $10.7 billion over the last three years, protecting our seniors. That's what change looks like.
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I love you is the inscription on Pandora's box.
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Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black-and-white movie.
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New York is our home.
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It's not the same without Jerry. It never will be.
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To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!
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Isn't success ridiculously easy, once it begins to succeed? ... after the strain and sweat and pushing until the very groins of your being shrieked protest, something like momentum happened. It took your wits and your concentration and your continued willing sweat, of course, to keep it going, but the success of success had ball bearings.
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Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.
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The super-salesman neither permits his subconscious mind to "broadcast" negative thoughts nor give expression to them through words, for the reason that he understands that "like attracts like" and negative suggestions attract negative action and negative decisions from prospective buyers.
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But luck can be spent, like money; and lost, like a memory; and wasted, like a life.
