Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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I cannot either change or do anything bad or good to the Syrian people and Syrian citizens.
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I don't know if I can prepare for what's to come because I don't know what will.
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Indie movies got co-opted by the studio system. The studios insisted that only stars could make movies successful.
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In the search for culpability for the tragedy in Ferguson, I mostly blame politicians.
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When you're putting good stuff into your body, you feel so much better.
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There have been periods of my life when I was heavier, like right after high school I definitely gained that freshman 15. It was tough to lose. Ever since then, I know that I can gain weight, so I try to be careful.
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Sometimes, I feel that Manhattan in particular has gotten really tame and gentrified or something.
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The other advantage is that in conventional manufacturing processes, it takes a long time for a factory to produce an amount of product equal to its own weight. With molecular machines, the time required would be something more like a minute.
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My ritual is cooking. I find it therapeutic. It comes naturally to me. I can read a recipe and won't have to look at it again.
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As a writer, Chris Columbus was a big influence. 'The Goonies' was the first movie I ever saw that kids speak normally and not imagined how kids would talk. Always a big fan of Chris Columbus' dialogue and storytelling.
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I've always had money because of my early success with Cream, so I tell young musicians to aim to write their own material, because owning the composition rights makes a very big difference.
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The ribosome is a machine that gets instructions from the genetic code and operates chemically in order to produce the product.
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A single element in transactional mode can never be analysed to calculate either loss or presumptive loss. The losses or gains of all elements in the transaction need to be analysed.
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Monterey was the Maraschino cherry on top of the Sundae that was the '60s. It was totally unprecedented, and the audience was unprecedented in their joy.
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The beanball is one of the meanest things on Earth and no decent fellow would use it. The beanball is a potential murderer. If I were a batter and thought the pitcher really tried to bean me, I'd be inclined to wait for him outside the park with a baseball bat.
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We at Chrysler borrow money the old fashion way. We pay it back.
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I've learned.... That when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you... More
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The formula of happiness and success is just, being actually yourself, in the most vivid possible way you can.
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People cultivate these fully formed personalities.
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I do a medley of hymns in all of my sets, whether I'm in an arena, in a theater, in an amusement park.
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When fascism comes to the United States it will be wrapped in the American flag and will claim the name of 100-percent Americanism.
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I really loved working on comedy. Most of my roles have been very dramatic and involved lots of emotional work and crying on cue. I do really enjoy those roles because you really feel accomplished at the end of the day but they are very emotionally draining! Working on a comedy show is just fun and at the end everyone is laughing! But I am open to all roles and genres just being on a set and being a part of the magic is what I love most!
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Because the opposite of fascism isn't anarchy, it's theater.
