Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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The mill cannot grind with the water that is past.
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In human years I am 29. In actress years I'm the ripe, promising age of 18 to 35. That's how it works here in Hollyweird.
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If you're losing, just be a man; be a man and lose as a man.
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The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
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See, that's the thing: I'm not one of those actors who thinks, 'God, I've got to improvise and make it my own.' No, my first job as an actor is to take what's written and make it work. And then, if they want me to improvise, I'll do that.
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I decided it was time to pay tribute to my own songs, to give them the opportunity to mature and be adult.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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I actually studied literature at university, so I'm much more of an arts-based person, but I remember I actually did enjoy physics because you got to do weird experiments. I remember we did this thing with static where we all had to put our hands on this static ball to see that your hair would all stand on end.
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I don't want to participate in traditional Indian religious ceremonies - dance in a sun dance or pray in a sweat lodge or go on a vision quest with the help of a medicine man. The power of these ceremonies has an appeal, but I'm content with what little religion I already have.
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I think women can be as cruel as men, and men as tender as women, and vice versa.
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At the end of day, what matters most to God, what moves His heart, isn't our fancy words and impressive possessions - it's the condition of our hearts.
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I would love to do a Fred Astaire/Gene Kelly type movie musical - a fun, song and dance, romantic comedy. Or, even just play the lead in one of those broad comedies - that would just be fantastic.
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The biggest thing I think is, 'It's OK to care. It's OK to want to win and to be that team. To be upset when we lose.'
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I want my testimony to stand on that point. But I would point out that Zona Research Inc. showed we have increased market share among business users, educational users, and government users over the past several months - and that's more recent than the IDC report.
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You have to take care of your guys. If a guy underperforms, you get rid of him. If a guy overperforms, you take care of him.
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You know what's nice about Montreal? Not only is it a beautiful city, but you have Cuban cigars.
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If I can do a romantic comedy with women, that's Everest to me.
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If you had the opportunity to cast your vote for speaker, would you vote for Nancy Pelosi?
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We all approached doing a sequel with great trepidation and skepticism.
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I also think I could probably repeat the commercial success; whether I want to or not is a different matter. I think there is still better work inside me.
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Where is home? I've wondered where home is, and I realized, it's not Mars or someplace like that, it's Indianapolis when I was nine years old. I had a brother and a sister, a cat and a dog, and a mother and a father and uncles and aunts. And there's no way I can get there again.
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I'm considered homophobic and crazy about these things and old fashioned. But I think that the family - father, mother, children - is fundamental to our civilisation.
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Will Hilt to hand yet be restored? Take me up, thy mother's sword.
