Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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Histories are to educate so that we understand better for ourselves and for motivation.
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Yes, we've still got more work to do. More work to do for every American still in need of a good job or a raise, paid leave or a decent retirement; for every child who needs a sturdier ladder out of poverty or a world-class education; for everyone who has not yet felt the progress of these past seven and a half years.
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I used to be the best comic actor in my batch. Everyone knew that my comic timing was impeccable.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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Little by little he came to recognize the difference between the spirits that agitated him, one from the enemy and one from God.
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I won't join another band again.
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It's funny, I was talking to somebody who writes for a cop show, and he was saying how they aren't allowed to acknowledge Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, just because it has to be able to play forever.
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You've got to love acting and that's true for me. I love the idea of getting on stage and getting in front of a camera.
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When I see a movie with someone it's kind of uncomfortable.
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A new breed of Republicans has taken over the GOP. It is a new breed which is seeking to sell to Americans a doctrine which is as old as mankind - the doctrine of racial division, the doctrine of racial prejudice, the doctrine of white supremacy.
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In the end, the actor's main power is the power to say, 'No.'
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When I was growing up in Pennsylvania, auditioning for Broadway was my dream.
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I mean, I like to consider myself a reasonably athletic guy.
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It is my wish that my ashes may repose on the banks of the Seine, in the midst of the French people, whom I have loved so well.
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You hear about Broadway your whole life, and I learned what it meant to work on Broadway in 'The Phantom of the Opera.'
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The United States needed a civil war to unite properly.
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Elections, for their part, are typically popularity contests rather than measures of candidates' relative competency or effectiveness. Imagine if scientific truth were determined according to which scientist was most popular. To be successful, scientists would have to be charismatic and attractive - and human knowledge would suffer terribly.
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The first thing they gave me at 'Sports Illustrated' was a first-class air card. 'And oh, by the way, there's the petty cash drawer,' they told me. 'Take a few thousand dollars for expenses.'
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I love playing strong women, even if they're nuts.
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I'm looking forward to this end part of the season, ... Riding the bike in Japan for a factory Honda rider is a real honour. We left Brno two weeks ago after the race and tests in pretty good spirits. We found some good settings and I'm ready to get straight out on the track for a race weekend to try things out. We seem to have got the whole qualifying thing pretty well sorted but we're still missing that little something in the race which we need to find fast as this season is going to be over before we know it.
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Everyone knows that when things are out of balance, things go wrong.
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I like to use the analogy of going to the gym. If you go to the gym and your goal is, 'I want to look just like David Beckham,' then that drives you to do certain things. You may never look like Beckham, but it is a goal. Cities need the same thing. They need a vision and a plan for their ideal physique.
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What was a person, if not the things they knew and the face they wore?
