Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
In both marriage and war you must cut up the things people say like a cake and eat only what you can stomach.
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It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.
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I don't really think about the runs too much. I mean, if we get, like, a five-run lead, then I'll start to pitch according to that.
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I think I happened to work with sort of a bunch of slightly difficult male directors when I was a kid. I've since worked with lots of male directors that I love, so I no longer see the distinction gender-wise.
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I have never made a game that wasn't explicitly about empowering players to tell their own story.
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Pioneers may be picturesque figures, but they are often rather lonely ones.
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
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The best V-Day gift I've ever received was a personalized photo collage.
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I will be the president of the nation who keeps pledges.
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That's my mentality. Just because somebody has fouled me, there is no reason for me to be nasty to him. I try to respect football as much as possible, and when someone is injured, you put the ball out.
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Legitimate small businesses are put at a huge competitive disadvantage when bad actors lie about their small business status and don't play by the rules.
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There's just something about that cold rush that I know I hate and a lot of other swimmers hate.
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Against what should fire be opened? Against the obstacles which may delay the march of infantry. The first obstacle is the enemy gun. It will be the first objective assigned to artillery masses.
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You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer 'yes' without having asked any clear question.
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In a way, no one's harder on the poor than the poor themselves.
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The British Red Cross asked me to help them spearhead a fundraising campaign for the victims of the war in Nicaragua. It was a turning point in my life. It began my commitment to justice and human rights issues.
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Ever since the Industrial Revolution, investments in science and technology have proved to be reliable engines of economic growth. If homegrown interest in those fields is not regenerated soon, the comfortable lifestyle to which Americans have become accustomed will draw to a rapid close.
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I write about stuff that happens to me, so I try to live as interesting a life as possible.
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Geniuses always think it's easier than we make it out to be.
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I'm just a true Irish boy at heart.
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Wherever the invitation of men or your own occasions lead you, speak the very truth, as your life and conscience teach it, and cheer the waiting, fainting hearts of men with new hope and new revelation.
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I would sort out all the arguments and see which belonged to fear and which to creativeness. Other things being equal, I would make the decision which had the larger number of creative reasons on its side.
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This combat between proletariat and plutocracy is, after all, itself a civil war. Two inferiorities struggle for the privilege of polluting the world.
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All my lovers asked me why they couldn't replace Mary, but it's simply impossible. The only friend I've got is Mary and I don't want anybody else. To me, she was my common-law wife. To me, it was a marriage. We believe in each other, that's enough for me.
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In both marriage and war you must cut up the things people say like a cake and eat only what you can stomach.
