Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
Your past's a private matter, sweetheart. You just keep it locked up in xbox where it can't hurt anyone.
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Growing up, I was taught that a woman should lower her gaze so that men could never know her thoughts. The so-called modesty of Arab women is, in fact, a war tactic.
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I've worked so hard since I was 18 years old, and I'd hate for the memories to be boiled down to being a Melania Trump impersonator.
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You know when you're 14 and terrified to talk to a girl? I didn't suffer much from that. It seemed very natural to me to talk to girls.
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Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier.
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Of all Iraq's rocket scientists, none drew warier scrutiny abroad than Modher Sadeq-Saba Tamimi.
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I wanted to be a ballet teacher.
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We set up a situation and let you interact with it and see the consequences of your choice. That's what gaming does.
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Fall into your sentences; enjoy writing them. Love the world you are creating.
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The problem of distinguishing prime numbers from composite numbers and of resolving the latter into their prime factors is known to be one of the most important and useful in arithmetic.
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No one ever complains about a speech being too short!
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Being a recognised face has its problems. I miss the freedom to go anywhere I want to.
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I would argue that Asean has been instrumental in driving both economic growth and political development, and that there can be no clearer example than its relations with Myanmar.
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I saw a lot of people have success handed to them that then exploited it. They didn't protect it or cherish it.
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There was one very special scene at the end of the film. My character, Zhao Di, has been sick. She wakes up and her mother tells her that the man she loves has come back from the city and had spent the day by her bedside.
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I view the work I've done related to statistics and economics as, roughly speaking, how to do something without having to do everything.
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I am lucky because I can - and I like to - mix the beautiful Caraceni jackets I inherited from my grandfather with a pair of Tsubi jeans or wear a favorite pin-striped suit from him for more formal occasions. I'm crazy about pinstripes and vintage fifties fabrics.
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Color always vexed me because I would fight with the media I was using. I love coloring in Photoshop, and it's freed me to pursue ideas and techniques I wouldn't have otherwise attempted. Since I get to take an assignment from concept to final execution, I have more freedom in my idea-making processes.
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Here in Canada, in the Western world, we are inside the walls. Outside the walls are the barbarians.
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If I had known how wonderful it would be to have grandchildren, I'd have had them first.
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Elephants are like humans. They are very smart, very logical.
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It's up to you now, and we shall help you - that my past does not become your future.
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My life is not just about the past.
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Your past's a private matter, sweetheart. You just keep it locked up in xbox where it can't hurt anyone.
