Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.
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Living composers writing for big band are very few and far between. There are not a lot of them, and I have a talent for doing it. I am zeroing in on what I do best.
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As a very young writer - kindergarten through about fifth grade - I most often wrote about black characters. My very early stories were science fiction and fantasy, with kids stowing away on spaceships and a girl named Tilly who was trying to get into the 'Guinness Book of World Records.'
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I wanted to look at the mentality that can breed that sort of intensity, that kind of cutthroat, pressure-cooker feeling, especially a form of music like jazz, that should be - or you'd think should be - all about liberation and improvisation and everything.
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I can tell more about my weaknesses than my strengths.
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Not all children have the anchor of a strong family.
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The past speaks to us in a thousand voices, warning and comforting, animating and stirring to action.
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Winning the Oscar was like winning all the prizes in one single night that I never won as a kid.
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If epic poetry is a definite species, the sagas do not fall within it.
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I certainly had no intention of playing a man.
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There appears to be something to do with vehicles and movement that stimulates my writing.
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I like the sensibility of Australian film a lot and the crews are fantastic. Great characters, wonderful people and no line between - I think in Hollywood they have this line between actors and crew a lot, and that just didn't exist, which I really appreciated.
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'Love Story' is actually about a guy that I almost dated. But when I introduced him to my family and my friends, they all said they didn't like him. All of them!
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My comments are reserved for reputable journalists.
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...And it was about four or five hours later that Alice - Remember Alice? It's a song about Alice.
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Fear is a terrible thing. It makes you do awful things.
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Everything that makes us who we are is A-O.K.
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For me, as an actor, going from TV to film was interesting because TV and film are two very different things.
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In reality, I am more a professor, one who reflects and mediates on spiritual questions. Practical governance is not my strong point, and this is certainly a weakness. But I do not see myself as a failure. For eight years, I carried out my work.
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I've got a feeling that with the best coppers - and in fact the best people in any field of work - what sets them apart is a maverick quality. People who are not afraid to bend the rules in order to achieve the universally desired end.
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I love my 'Walking Dead' family. This is the best job I ever had.
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Photography's future is infinite and bright. It's growing exponentially, so that's great, but for me as a practitioner, that exponential growth makes it even more problematic. And so for me, it's got me more engaged with storytelling.
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The future is a messy, motley business, little girl.
