Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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I'd love to be 'People Magazine''s Sexiest Man Alive, but I think that that's a ways off. I have to stop wearing sweat pants, and then we'll work on that.
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The politics have always been difficult in medicine. There is some truth in the way medical practice is portrayed in TV dramas.
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Tackling malaria in a country like the Central African Republic is a huge uphill battle, and my experiences there have been a healthy dose of reality, fueling my own sense of urgency to do my part in reducing the preventable suffering of the incredible women I met.
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I'm now beginning to feel that the pessimistic vision is not for the movies.
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People say that this new generation is so used to the Internet that their heads are already different. They can't read a book from beginning to end. That is not a tragedy. The book changes form.
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I used to listen to country and western and blues, John Lee Hooker, spirituals, the Bluegrass Boys, and Eddie Arnold. There was a radio station that come on everyday with country, spirituals, and the blues.
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It's not easy trying to navigate your internal world in the public eye.
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New York for me is about work. If L.A. were to become a West Coast version of that, I'd shoot myself. The climate, the lifestyle - it really fits as the yin to my New York yang.
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Europe and European identity is rooted in Christianity.
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Trump brings power to those who hate their lack of it, and his message is tonic to communities that have felt nothing but decline for decades.
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I think it's time that we all be there for the children, to learn from the ones who came before us, and to teach our sons and daughters to have respect for themselves.
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If you so choose, each day can be filled with even more joy than the one before. If you so choose, even the most seemingly random events can work in your favor.
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Man was created as a being who should constantly keep improving, a being who on reaching one goal sets a higher one.
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'Regression testing'? What's that? If it compiles, it is good; if it boots up, it is perfect.
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There are various, nay, incredible faiths; why should we be alarmed at any of them? What man believes, God believes.
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They come to have a party for themselves, and we're kind of a house band for their party.
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I feel like I found a sound that is unique to country music, in my own lane.
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I keep waiting for the roof to cave in. I was raised to follow the Golden Rule, you know, treat people the way you wish to be treated. That's kind of the way I live my life. Maybe someone up there likes me for that.
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Before I came out, I had a lot of anger. For years people would ask, 'How are you doing?' and I'd say, 'Good, fine.' It's show business, and that's what you have to show.
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A move to a different town or school gives us new places to explore, new people to meet; a lost pet means we have to organize a careful search; baby-sitting requires looking out for dangers a young child can't foresee; a car crash or fire demands that we get help immediately.
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Younger adult smokers are the only source of replacement smokers If younger adults turn away from smoking, the industry must decline.
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God creates everything out of nothing. And everything which God is to use, he first reduces to nothing.
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Shadow Physicks are fearfully complicated. A. Amblygonite has no idea.
