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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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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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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Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time.
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When it comes to doing my job, I keep my ego in my handbag.
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I am not trying my best because it is the Olympics. I try my best always.
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My own nature hovers between neurotic and paranoid. I've developed the habit of mentally listing things that make me optimistic about the future. I do it every day.
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Initially we both did a bit of everything towards making each game but as we began to hire people and the business grew we naturally went in different directions, and away from the coalface of development.
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The future is a messy, motley business, little girl.
