Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
His parties have room for all. Come on in. Nobody to look at you funny in here. Nobody to tell you not to have that drink, kiss that fella, smash that chair, light that chandelier on fire. Do it all. Do it all forever.
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I mean, sometimes when you do a show or a campaign with a designer, you get along with them really well and you become friends. And then, sometimes, people are just a bit... weird.
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'Drive' is a genre piece, and a lot of times we don't get really sophisticated genre films.
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Our house is a constant mayhem of music, noise, socializing and business. It vibrates life, as a house should.
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One of the things jazz has always excelled at is translating the reality of the times through its musical prism.
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The really clever people now want to be lawyers or journalists.
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I like to have something to base a role on.
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The intensity of being in front of all these incredible musicians and tremendous conductors in these elaborate halls can be overwhelming.
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The Marine Corps is supposed to be the toughest and most rigorous of its class.
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I'm definitely inspired by old hip-hop.
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One thing my family has shown me is that having a sense of humor is everything.
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Anytime I audition for something, it's always a question of whether or not the people I'm auditioning for understand I'm an improviser and I like to do that, and if they like that or if they just want someone who's going to do what's written.
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I've got a full plate, yes I do. That iPod, that's nice. A phone recorder? Nicely done. All right I'm a bit of a tech geek. I have a subscription to Popular Science and I keep up on all this stuff.
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I don't do rewrites. I put all the pages in a pile next to the typewriter.
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As human beings, our lives should be in retrospect with God.
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To teach a child an instrument without first giving him preparatory training and without developing singing, reading and dictating to the highest level along with the playing is to build upon sand.
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In being aware of others' hunger, we contribute to a more empathic world.
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America is tough for rock music. Rock n' roll used to be the main music for the youth, and it's not so much anymore. It's hip-hop and stuff.
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No universal selfishness can bring social good to all. Communism - the effort to give all men what they need and to ask of each the best they can contribute - this is the only way of human life.
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In a slow-growing world that is short on aggregate demand, Germany's trade surplus is a problem.
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Tardiness in literature can make me nervous.
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There is no central government database that allows officials to monitor water tests by local systems.
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Comedy is not funny. Comedy is hard work and timing and lots and lots of rehearsals.
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His parties have room for all. Come on in. Nobody to look at you funny in here. Nobody to tell you not to have that drink, kiss that fella, smash that chair, light that chandelier on fire. Do it all. Do it all forever.
