Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
I thought: this is how you make a human being. A human being is beautiful and sick. A human being glitters and starves.
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Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.
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I've fought with everyone . And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want.
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I don't meet many people who are talking about shows on Showtime.
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The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander, to do.
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My wife will tell you that if you feel my hands before I walk on for a performance, you could chill a bottle of wine.
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I feel I will always have that spirit bear with me, so I will always feel protected.
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The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.
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I'd be lying if I said I never think about my female fans in certain shots and certain scenes. Like, when I'm topless, I might think: 'This one is for the ladies.'
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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The only times an Afro-American who was assaulted got away has been when he had a gun and used it in self-defense.
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The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
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I learned Spanish at home and, since half my family doesn't speak English, it's my first language.
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If you would ask me what my ideal process is, I would say, long pre-production, long production and long post-production.
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I went to high school in Stockton, CA.
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People come out of the mid-west and go to the Ivy League. I kind of reversed the direction.
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Always try to use the language so as to make quite clear what you mean and make sure your sentence couldn't mean anything else.
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I don't think we spend enough time in reflection and introspection. We don't know who we are as individuals in this culture anymore.
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There's no other major item most of us own that is as confusing, unpredictable and unreliable as our personal computers.
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It's a contract of connection to be in the same space and watch and listen to stories and be caught in them. When you're in a theater, your brain expands because somebody in the theater may do something or respond to something that you wouldn't have.
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I split my time between a small town in New Jersey and New York City.
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I like to create an atmosphere where actors feel safe enough to take risks.
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Those who live in a world of human beings can only retrace their steps.
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I think it's very important to support those who can't help themselves - children, animals - and especially to do so in your own neighborhood.
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I thought: this is how you make a human being. A human being is beautiful and sick. A human being glitters and starves.
