Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
But if you must be clever, then be clever. Be brave. Sleep with fists closed and shoot straight.Catherynne M. Valente
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I stayed in the astronaut program until 1993. People ask me why I left. I thought I had a lot of things to contribute that would be difficult to do if I stayed. I thought I could have a stronger voice as an advocate for space exploration. So I ended up starting my own technology consulting company.
Mae Jemison -
If you're a psychologist, you can instrumentally change peoples lives for the better. But you can only do that for about 300 people to maybe a thousand people - if you're really prolific and you're working really hard.
T. J. Miller -
I continually acted up to get attention. My father gave me that, and once he left, I felt that I didn't have any.
Natalie Cole -
My parents are both teachers, so we had the summers off.
Vanessa Williams -
I like fighters who come to fight.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. -
Records were replaced by CDs, and lead type died in favor of computerized fonts. However, each had a 100-year ride of popularity, so you can't feel too bad for them.
Nathan Myhrvold
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Shakespeare is universal.
Harold Bloom -
Privilege tends to soften the brain, or so I’ve observed.
Kage Baker -
suggest that we think of theories as spotlight. this imagery is useful. a spotlight will only illuminate so much. wiht any theory there will always be the things that are left in darkness, still unexamined and unexplained. parsons referred to these as'residual categories'.
Talcott Parsons -
So Rita and I decided that the most subversive, revolutionary thing I could do was to show up for my life and not be ashamed.
Anne Lamott -
These properties that get made into movies, some are easier than others. When they first said, 'Yeah, they're making a movie out of Lego,' I said, 'Lego what? What does that even mean?' And it's such a good concept.
Elizabeth Banks -
Normal people, who can be good people but do bad things, are very interesting to me, and people that never get a parking ticket or never do a bad thing in their lives can be really dangerous.
Emily Mortimer
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My little sister, who is four, can work my mom's iPhone better than she can.
Asa Butterfield -
I prefer games with many goals.
Antoine Griezmann -
Nothing gives me quite so much joy as when people tell me they've had their pets spayed or neutered.
Bob Barker -
Everyone who knows Puff knows Puff rolls with himself. His hustle is money. That's what he does.
Dawn Angeliqué Richard -
Lenders look at potential borrowers from many angles before extending credit: How much of its income will a household need to put into debt repayment? How large is the down payment? Does the borrower have a job with a stable income? What is the borrower's credit score?
Mark Zandi -
No one warns young people to follow Adam's example. He waited till God saw his need. Then God made Adam sleep, prepared for his mate, and brought her to him. We need more of this 'being asleep' in the will of God.
Jim Elliot
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I had a hard enough time in high school, fitting in without having to keep up with Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook - all these ways you have to keep up your image.
Amanda Crew -
Thus in a pageant-show a plot is made;And peace itself is war in masquerade.
John Dryden -
A wife and a husband should be regarded as friends for the sake of Allaah. And that friendship is above material needs; each encouraging the other one to do good deeds, which are pleasing to Allaah.
Bilal Philips -
Someone who wants to attain enlightenment must be brave. He must rush into the crowd of enemies with a dagger. In the practice of Zen, enemies are our delusive thoughts and passions.
Yamada Koun -
But if you must be clever, then be clever. Be brave. Sleep with fists closed and shoot straight.
Catherynne M. Valente