Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
These words were small and they only meant what they said, not how they felt before he said them. He nearly wept with the frustration of it.

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Today we try to identify a gene and then study its properties.
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The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.
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I went in and auditioned for one of the main guys for 'The League' when it was first casting, and I was so excited because I was like, 'Oh my God, this is my life!' I love fantasy football, and I play with my buddies, and my wife is frustrated with it.
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Literally, when I go to the vocal coach, I'm like, 'You are teaching me nothing.' You know?
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I've never experienced complete terror, knock on wood, or running for my life or any of that.
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In December, I agreed to extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans because it was the only way I could prevent a tax hike on middle-class Americans. But we cannot afford $1 trillion worth of tax cuts for every millionaire and billionaire in our society. We can't afford it. And I refuse to renew them again.
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It is our historical experience, that Hungary can only live in wealth and safety if Berlin, Moscow, and Ankara are on our side and also interested in our success - even if we do not always agree on certain questions.
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Alanis Morissette - I love how she's not afraid to say what she wants to say. Love it or hate it, she's going to say it. And her vocals are crazy; they're amazing, and I also love how her music is really organic.
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I used to sit on the Circle Line and go 'round and 'round and write.
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I never lie to my fans.
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I dream of instruments obedient to my thought and which with their contribution of a whole new world of unsuspected sounds, will lend themselves to the exigencies of my inner rhythm.
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My faith makes me willing to do things that may look like there's going to be a lot of physical difficulty. And you just go ahead and do it because you truly believe it's the right thing to do.
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We live on a 500-acre ranch, beautiful ranch.
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I had a very thorough grounding in music; I'd grown up around songs. My parents listened to a lot of music. My dad was majorly into jazz, which was absolutely a big influence on me, even if it was more subconsciously as a kid.
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The Catholic Church is an innately conservative rock - they call themselves the 'rock of Peter' - and its resistance to change is, ironically, what has kept it constant throughout the ages.
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We must set up large refugee camps outside the E.U. with armed security and financial support provided by the Union.
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I love anything that involves the ocean. Swimming, snorkelling or surfing are all fun, which distracts from your mind that you are actually doing a workout. Being outdoors in the sun and the salt water is great for freeing your mind and feeling alive.
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In history, the millions win; that is democracy.
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If politicians did care about their constituents, they would work harder to seek out people like me. They don't.
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Dancing inspires my music. Having your girlfriends all together and just being free and happy.
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Yesterday was the New York City Marathon. The marathon was won in record time by a Democrat candidate running away from President Obama.
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Never does the Tanakh suggest that our being a people means that only we have a right to an ancestral homeland and that other people don't.
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I'm convinced to do improv. All you have to do is listen to what people are saying to you, and then just add more information to what they've just said. That's all there is to improv, but it's the hardest thing to do.
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These words were small and they only meant what they said, not how they felt before he said them. He nearly wept with the frustration of it.