Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.
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I never got into politics for it to be a career.
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Getting pummelled is better than not playing anything at all.
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Any competent actor could have done what I did.
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Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.
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Sweden is the home of my ancestors, and I have reserved a special place in my heart for Sweden.
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I have little routines in the theater. Once I've established something, like the order of putting on makeup and a costume, I have to invariably do it in the same order every time, even if I only did it by chance the first time round.
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I think that it's a vital moment now for Russian democracy to convince people that it's only our actions, our joined actions and protests that could force Kremlin to reconsider its plans to abolish presidential elections.
Garry Kasparov -
I wasn't a great debater.
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Everybody has a job to do, and you just know that every day you have to do what it takes to get there. Of course, everybody has those days where you don't feel like doing it. I'm just like anybody else in that respect. But there's a difference between not feeling like doing it and not doing it period.
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I love being the sidekick. I'm pretty sure fans love seeing me that way.
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Once you accept that we're all imperfect, it's the most liberating thing in the world. Then you can go around making mistakes and saying the wrong thing and tripping over on the street and all that and not feel worried.
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Honestly face your inner poverty as a means of discovering your inner wealth.
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Well, I think Perl should run faster than C.
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The criterion of truth is that it works even if nobody is prepared to acknowledge it.
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If the baby is sick, you won't find me showing up to play my gigs. If I have a contract, there is going to be a clause in that contract saying that if the baby is sick I will not appear.
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We're not the corporation of Foster the People. We're a band.
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The pure connecting factor is that those of us who describe ourselves as feminists want equal rights for all people.
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I think that I'm shy and I judge myself. But at the same time, I also have big contradictions. I can be sometimes sure of myself as well. I'm not always fragile and vulnerable. I can feel tough and strong.
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People who stand in the way of where people are walking - I hate that.
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Now I'm a wife and a mother of two. It's a really different role. I always referred to No Doubt as a marriage, because that's what it's like to be together for so long and go through what we've been through. I can't really have that relationship with them anymore.
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At no time was I trying to write a crossover record.
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My dad had a series of heart attacks when I was a little girl, and our world was shaped by these huge, traumatic events.
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A labyrinth, when it is big enough, is just the world.
