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 was listening to Jimi Hendrix; I just admire his artistry and creativity as an artist.
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Acting on the stage is a luxury for me. I lose money. I make movies for financial reasons and this allows me the luxury of acting on Broadway. Hollywood, unfortunately, exploits actors for their own reasons, which are usually financial. So we might as well exploit Hollywood as much as it exploits us.
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In Scripture we read of two kinds of men-the spiritual man controlled by the Holy Spirit, and the "carnal" man who is ruled by his passions.
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I'm proud of the lyrics because I take a lot of care in writing them. I try to make it so people will want to go in and get really into the lyrics. I hope there are different corners to them, with lots of levels-without sounding pretentious.
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Your priorities must be God first, God second, and God third, until your life is continually face to face with God.
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What was a person, if not the things they knew and the face they wore?
