Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
Just remember that the only question in a house is who is to rule. The rest is only dancing around that, trying not to look it in the eye.
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I have a lot of friends who do EDM music; they had to tell me what a 'drop' was.
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Israeli citizens deserve full-time ministers.
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It's never been seen that a street artist go as far as I've gone - keep consistent without wanting to do a bunch of ventures outside of music to keep my face out there.
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A person standing in front of an audience without enthusiasm for his subject and his actions is disconnected from his spirit.
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You can cage the singer but not the song.
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I like to read in the bathtub. Ideally, that bathtub would be located on a small Greek island.
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No one in my family has been observant for generations, but we all identify with being Jewish.
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An outsider's point of view is always handy.
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If you've ever had a coworker actively interfere with your productivity, try to make you look bad, steal your ideas, or give you false information, you've been the victim of undermining.
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Pay no heed to those who tell you that they have relinquished place and power of their own accord, and from their love of quiet. For almost always they have been brought to this retirement by their insufficiency and against their will.
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I always carry a pair of scissors around with me to cut things out of magazines.
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Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty.
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Between the conceptionAnd the creationBetween the emotionAnd the responseFalls the Shadow
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He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dullness in others.
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The young tree of resistance in Palestine is blooming and blooms of faith and desire for freedom are flowering.
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Fuck money. I don't rap for dead presidents; I'd rather see the president dead. It's never been said, but I set precedents.
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For our last number, I'd like to ask your help. Would the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands. And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry.
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General ideas are no proof of the strength, but rather of the insufficiency of the human intellect.
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When I got back from London, I started with a new voice teacher in the experimental wing, who trained me to have my own artistry as opposed to forcing a technique upon me.
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My mind has changed. My strength has not.
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We came from many roots, and we have many branches.
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Americans, perhaps more than most people, have pondered the question of who they are and what their country is.
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Instead of asking 'what do I want from life?', a more powerful question is, 'what does life want from me?'
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Just remember that the only question in a house is who is to rule. The rest is only dancing around that, trying not to look it in the eye.
