Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
Respect me. Be proud, and if you love me, a little afraid, because love so often looks like fear. We are alike. We are alike.
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That's what everybody calls me, 'Cheat Code,' because they just throw the ball up to me.
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I think it's less common in France that a man at the age of 50 buys a Porsche and gets a young girlfriend.
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When I do interviews, I never pre-plan them at all, radio or TV.
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My dad was a good athlete. My mom had longevity. There were some athletic genes that certainly got passed down.
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I read people; that's one of my strengths. It's not that I can't be fooled, but I'm not fooled often.
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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The father figure doesn't impress me. I have a very friendly relationship with my father, but that wasn't always the case. My mother had custody, and I only saw him every other weekend. I never knew him well enough for him to inspire me.
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Recreational shopping is the shortest distance between two points: you and broke.
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There are only two types of women - goddesses and doormats.
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The intersection of political analysis and Internet theory is a busy crossroad of cliche, where familiar rhetorical vehicles - decentralized authority, emergent leadership, empowered grass roots - create a ceaseless buzz.
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There are staples to my show. I have to be conscious about switching things up because I know people who saw me last year will say, 'He did that last time.' But if certain things work, they work.
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Nobody can write better jokes putting me down than me.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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When I'm not in front of the camera, I'm just like any other normal person. I'm a student. I eat when I'm stressed.
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If you're looking for the safe choice, you shouldn't be supporting a black guy named Barack Obama to be the next leader of the free world.
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Lebanon, Israel, Ireland, South Africa - wherever there is a bleeding sore on the body of the world, the same hard-eyed narrow-minded fanatics are busy, indifferent to life, in love with death.
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I was always in love with Judy Garland, and when I was growing up, I fell in love with Leonardo DiCaprio, of course.
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I watched TV religiously when I was a kid, but nowadays - with the Internet - there's so many people writing about TV on the Internet, that everything's sort of under a magnifying glass.
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I didn't originally intend on writing a book. I started writing during the day to feel like I was accomplishing something creative.
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Basic research is very useful, but it should be more geared toward application than it was before.
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For a boy or girl, driving cars that they love is fun.
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We blame equally him who is too proud to put a proper value on his own merit and him who prizes too highly his spurious worth.
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Respect me. Be proud, and if you love me, a little afraid, because love so often looks like fear. We are alike. We are alike.
