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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As a viewer, the minute I start getting confused, I check out of the movie. Emotionally, I'm severed.
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Michael Jackson wanted to be in Men in Black II. He told me he had seen the first Men in Black in Paris and had stayed behind and sat there and wept. I had to explain to him that it was a comedy.
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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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You just can't let anything or anyone get in the way of who you are.
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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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Acting is a really strange thing to do; it's very strange.
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If you've been married for 400 years, as I have, it's nice to experience first love again and you can vicariously through a book.
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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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The facts at hand presumably speak for themselves, but a trifle more vulgarly, I suspect, than facts even usually do.
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I feel like in the '90s, horror just lost its way and everything became so safe and watered-down.
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I think I mainly climb mountains because I get a great deal of enjoyment out of it. I never attempt to analyze these things too thoroughly, but I think that all mountaineers do get a great deal of satisfaction out of overcoming some challenge which they think is very difficult for them, or which perhaps may be a little dangerous.
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In my view you cannot claim to have seen something until you have photographed it.
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But luck can be spent, like money; and lost, like a memory; and wasted, like a life.
