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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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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I very rarely use a credit card, but I do if I know I have big bills coming and I need to stagger payment.
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My wife, Lisa, and I both grew up on wuxia - Chinese historical romances. They're kind of analogous to Western epics. They're based on history, just like 'the Iliad' and 'the Odyssey' are based on history, but they're romanticized, and a lot of fantasy elements have been added.
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Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.
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The whole thrust in my life right now is spinning my assignments around and making them work in a more personal way (...) I wanted to go back and do the original thing: one camera, one lens, one film. You really have to put yourself in a position of danger to be creative.
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I worked for a couple of screamers in my early days in Hollywood. I don't like being screamed at, and I am not myself a screamer.
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Not many artists or bands go platinum every year, from what people have told me, so it's an honor to have so many fans. A million people, that's a lot of people! Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, and Justin Timberlake sell a few million, and so hopefully I'll make my way up to that.
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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.
