Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
Forests have secrets,' he said gently. 'It's practically what they're for. To hide things. To separate one world from another.
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Nonviolent tactics can move into action on our behalf men not naturally inclined to act for us.
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We need to think of chronic disease, hypertension, cancer, like H1N1. In fact, there's an epidemic of chronic disease.
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I love Bob Altman. I always admired him so much because I always thought he was a genuine voice.
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Show me an Irishman who can't tell a story – I don't think they exist.
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Here in America we're doing the most wonderful crafts.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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I'm a serious eater and a seriously hungry person, so I set out on that path to figure it out for myself, and of course it really resonated with other people.
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We have the sense that medical students come to medicine with a great capacity to understand the suffering of patients. And then by the end of the third year they completely lose that ability, partly because we teach them the specialized language of medicine.
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Your Majesty, I took the liberty because I was so desirous of visiting alone with you for a few minutes before the rest of the other peasants arrived.
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Josie needed more of a personality than what the cartoon had to offer.
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When I say things that sound insane, like only the smartest million people should have the right to vote, well, I mean that.
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Tahir Pasha assigned me a room when I was staying in his residence, and every night before sleeping, I would spend around three hours going over the books I had memorized. It would take me three months to go through the lot. Thanks be to God, all those works became steps ascending to the truths of the Qur'an.
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I often attribute my screenwriting to journalism because they drill in the who, what, when, where and why - but we really need to land on that why. That's what I've been exploring in my writing for many years and trying to get better at.
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LL Cool J is a huge presence. He is a music mogul. He brings that experience and that life into the room.
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The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you're off it.
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We have a 25-year head start for the stories of 'Scorpion.' By the time we get to Season Two and Three, the stuff that happened because of Season One will actually fuel Season Three. So it'll become a self-sustainable show.
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Independence doesn't - doesn't equate to moderates. Millions of independents are pro-life. Millions of independents believe marriage is between a man and a woman.
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Pakistan is riddled with problems that are rooted in the disproportionate power of the state. Aid has only boosted that power.
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I cannot exist as a solo artist.
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The whole thing of weight, I guess it's because there is a wider fascination we all have with weight.
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The cure for Apple is not cost-cutting. The cure for Apple is to innovate its way out of its current predicament.
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People of Berlin - people of the world - this is our moment. This is our time.
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By affliction He teaches us many precious lessons, which without it we should never learn. By affliction He shows us our emptiness and weakness, draws us to the throne of grace, purifies our affections, weans us from the world, makes us long for heaven.
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Forests have secrets,' he said gently. 'It's practically what they're for. To hide things. To separate one world from another.
