Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
I said: I could be a wolf for you. I could put my teeth on your throat. I could growl. I could eat you whole. I could wait for you in the dark. I could howl against your hair.
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Not really, drums found me, I just liked music, all kinds of music.
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America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
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The best V-Day gift I've ever received was a personalized photo collage.
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Men don't avoid successful women because they're jealous; they often do it to avoid being in competition with her next job promotion.
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I am extremely left brain dominant, probably 95%-5%. The feeling side of my brain is not really strong.
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I am undeniably afraid of the dark!
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Being veterans of the struggle to push back against fundamentalist Christians, American liberals are well acquainted with the pitfalls of the neoconservative flirtation with the religious-right.
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I studied classical opera, so I was always singing in Italian and German and French.
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With 'New Rose Hotel,' I knew that I was getting paid a $100,000 fee to write, produce, and direct, and that's all I was going to get.
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My record label always says you shouldn't talk about money because it makes people extremely uncomfortable. Refugees can't talk about money. Rappers can talk about money; refugees can't talk about money.
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The language of Europe is translation.
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I want to be the poster girl for engineers and computer nerds.
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I spent almost 25 years at Qualcomm before joining Microsoft, so in a sense, I grew up at one company. During that time, I made a very big shift from the engineering side to the business side.
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You can't be afraid to fail. It's the only way you succeed - you're not gonna succeed all the time, and I know that.
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The players are coming to try every game, every weekend, so that the Manchester City people can be proud, and we will see what is our level to achieve our battles.
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Will I be a success? I don't know.
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My books always focus on the response of the characters to extreme events. As dark as they get, they are ultimately positive, uplifting books about children who take control of their lives and overcome great adversaries. I think that is why they have been so popular.
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There's something uniquely exhilarating about puzzling together the truth at the hands of an unreliable narrator.
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If you pick up a ukulele, it will make you unbelievably happy.
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The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.
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My parents were my first bosses - they gave me my moral compass, goals, and first recognition. My dad worked 25 years for Rolls Royce in England. He taught me the value of working someplace where you can make a difference - not chasing money but doing work that you found purposeful.
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As soon as I get home, all I want to eat is seafood.
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If you're a person who complains about everything all the time, then you're just the boy who cried 'wolf.' But if you do it on occasion and about the right reasons, then people listen.
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I said: I could be a wolf for you. I could put my teeth on your throat. I could growl. I could eat you whole. I could wait for you in the dark. I could howl against your hair.
