Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.
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Dramatically it's always more interesting to conceal rather than reveal things.
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There is a natural progression to 'Lost,' and as the story goes forward, it's going to change. It's not a static story. The franchise of 'Lost' is not characters sitting on a beach.
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I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to.
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For 'Hidalgo,' I just spent as much time around horses as I could, which made sense.
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'The Shining,' 'A Nightmare on Elm Street,' 'Halloween.' Those are the greats.
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There appears to be something to do with vehicles and movement that stimulates my writing.
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I did have an offer to direct one of the Alien movies but I wasn't too excited about all the effects work.
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I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die.
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'Cause maybe you're loveable.Maybe you're my snowflake.And your eyes turn from green to gray.And in the winter I'll hold you in a cold place.And you should never cut your hair,'Cause I love the way you flick it off your shoulder.And you will never knowJust how beautiful you are to me.But maybe I'm just in loveWhen you wake me up.
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Africa’s progress will depend on unleashing economic growth - not just for the few at the top, but for the many, because an essential element of dignity is being able to live a decent life. That begins with a job. And that requires trade and investment.
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This is my impression of a Southern woman. 'Tsk, I am so mad at the Taliban right now!'
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The future is usually imagined as either better or worse than the present. If the imagined future is better, it gives you hope or pleasurable anticipation. If it is worse, it creates anxiety. Both are illusory.
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Until I don’t lose, until I am not defeated such allegations will continue. People who have been trying to defeat me for the past 12 years have been using all their strength. They couldn't give me even a scratch. This is their ego problem.
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Technological progress - and it is a pity more do not appreciate it - is the one sound approach to increased employment and higher wages. There is no other way. Irrespective of what is being said to the contrary, new industries can be created, present industries can be expanded, unemployment can be eliminated in a practical way
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There buds the promise of celestial worth.
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I don't like singing before noon.
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Schools and parents can team up to find books that kids will really get excited about - that will make them say, 'That was a great experience. Now I know why people get excited about reading.'
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The union of the mind and intuition which brings about illumination, and the development which the Sufis seek, is based upon love.
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We need people who can actually do things. We have too many bosses and too few workers. More college graduates ought to become plumbers or electricians, then go home at night and read Shakespeare.
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Humans love truth and justice, and rejoice in ceremonies that honor those qualities. For that sentiment we should indeed thank God.
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But it was long ago and it was far away,Oh god, it seems so very far.And if life is just a highwayThen the soul is just a car.And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are.
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The aim of the missionary is to do God's will, not to be useful, not to win the heathan; he is useful and does win the heathen, but that is not his aim. His aim is to do the will of his Lord.
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God is a random event, a nexus of pain and pleasure and making and breaking.
