Catherynne M. Valente Quotes

Will Hilt to hand yet be restored? Take me up, thy mother's sword.

Catherynne M. Valente

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• The mill cannot grind with the water that is past.

  

  Daniel D. Palmer
  • Past
  • Water
  • Grind

• 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.

  

  Olivia Wilde
  • Age
  • Actress
  • Hollyweird

• If you're losing, just be a man; be a man and lose as a man.

  

  Marat Safin
  • Man
  • Lose
  • Losing

• The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.

  

  Sam Levenson
  • Reason
  • Enemy
  • Grandparents

• 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.

  

  Rachael Harris
  • Work
  • God
  • Job

• I decided it was time to pay tribute to my own songs, to give them the opportunity to mature and be adult.

  

  Nanci Griffith
  • Time
  • Opportunity
  • Own

• Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.

  

  Malcolm McDowell
  • Different
  • You
  • Things

• 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.

  

  Felicity Jones
  • Remember
  • Hair
  • Weird

• 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.

  

  Ian Frazier
  • Power
  • Help
  • Man

• I think women can be as cruel as men, and men as tender as women, and vice versa.

  

  Aaron Eckhart
  • Men
  • Women
  • Think

• 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.

  

  Victoria Osteen
  • God
  • Heart
  • Words

• 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.

  

  Dash Mihok
  • Movie
  • Fun
  • Song

• 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.'

  

  Blake Griffin
  • Team

• 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.

  

  Jim Barksdale
  • Business
  • Past

• 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.

  

  Antonio Brown
  • Guy

• You know what's nice about Montreal? Not only is it a beautiful city, but you have Cuban cigars.

  

  Jamie Farr
  • Beautiful
  • City
  • Nice

• If I can do a romantic comedy with women, that's Everest to me.

  

  Joe Carnahan
  • Women
  • Comedy
  • Romantic

• If you had the opportunity to cast your vote for speaker, would you vote for Nancy Pelosi?

  

  Alan Nunnelee
  • Opportunity

• For me, I was able to make that statement of faith early on when my career began, so there weren't really a lot of surprises. People around me knew where my husband Ray and I stood as far as my faith went.

  

  Jodi Benson
  • People
  • Career
  • Faith

• I like to go home and get involved in my community.

  

  Marshawn Lynch
  • Home
  • Community

• I actually started, as a result of 'Scandal,' instead of wearing a bathrobe, wearing sweaters around at home in my leisure. And my poor husband was very confused! I said, 'It's what Olivia Pope does'.

  

  Betsy Beers
  • Home
  • Husband
  • Confused

• Sword fighting in film is not about how good the fighter is, but how good the actor receiving the blows is.

  

  Takeshi Kitano
  • Good
  • Fighting
  • Sword

• My parents divorced when I was 3 years old. They had a lounge act in Las Vegas, where I was born. The band broke up and the marriage dissolved, and my mother, my sister and I moved to Southern California. And I didn't see my dad a lot growing up; he was on the road a lot. I'd see him every couple years.

  

  Jenny Lewis
  • Up
  • Mother
  • Parents

• Will Hilt to hand yet be restored? Take me up, thy mother's sword.

  

  Catherynne M. Valente
  • Mother
  • Sword
  • Restored