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 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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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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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 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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If you pay your credit card off every month, get a rewards card. One that gives you airline miles or that will give you 1 percent cash back at least on every purchase.
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Winning is very important to me. I wouldn't be happy with anything less. And I work towards my goal.
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Surviving is the only glory in war.
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I love anything to do with ventriloquism and magic.
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I do have body-image issues, just like everyone else. I mean, I wish I had bigger boobs. And I hate my butt. I want an onion butt - you know, a butt that'll bring tears to your eyes?
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I was born in Jerusalem with a religious background and a rabbi as a father... it was rather poor, but what we did have, we did have books.
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Never fear to deliberately walk through dark places, for that is how you reach the light on the other side.
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How to get rid of the greed is the point and to get rid of the greed is that if I buy something - for whom should I buy this one, for whom should I buy? Ah, this will be all right for another friend of mine, like that. If you train your mind on these lines, not for yourself, but for others, then you'll be amazed this greed will run away and you'll have joy.
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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.
