Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
Do you know what a thirteen-year-old girl can do when she is alone and frightened and believes she is right?
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Why is it that our young kids all across America can solve the most complex problems in a video game involving executive decision making and analytical thinking, yet we accept the fact that they can't add or read?
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The real challenge is if you don't look super sexy, like a Brad Pitt, you're going to have to try harder. You're going to have to make up for it in other ways.
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I used to be obsessed with race. I'm more obsessed with class now.
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It seems like bluegrass people have more great stories to tell than other musicians.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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Nantucket was a Quaker-based culture, so they were not readers. There's a great Nantucket-based novel from the 19th century that Melville read for his research for 'Moby-Dick': 'Miriam Coffin' by Joseph Hart.
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One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything.
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I was fortunate to have teachers that were flexible with allowing me to miss more class than I was supposed to be able to, for the sake of being able to tour.
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I was this non-threatening funny guy who contrasted the image of the Brezhnevs and the Reagans of the world.
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I actually think the one who is underestimated in terms of impact he's had on society is Bill Gates. The reason is that with the innovation of software, he really allowed the computer revolution to take hold.
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To grow, people need to be challenged.
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Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.
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Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.
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For me, standup will always be some part of my life, and other things will move around and find their place.
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I am very aware that playwrights, particularly good ones, have a intention for everything they write. Language and punctuation is used specifically, and most of the time actors can find wonderful clues about character in the rhythm and cadence of the language used.
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Forget yourself. Become one with eternity. Become part of your environment.
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Mr. Speaker, for the last 5 years I have been working with a bipartisan group of my colleagues to make it illegal to continue the barbaric practice of game bird and illegal dog fighting.
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It's easy to solve the halting problem with a shotgun.
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Marty Robbins once sang you give me a mountain, I've been given a few mountains in my life.
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The time has come to make the protection of children - all our children - a common cause that can unite us across the boundaries of our political orientation, religious affiliation and cultural traditions. We must reclaim our lost taboos, and make the abuse and brutalization of children simply unaccepetable.
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I am just this small-town Canberra girl that's taken riding a little kid's bike on dirt tracks to the highest level.
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Home Alone was a lot and a lot and a lot of standing and sitting and walking and running and it was physically demanding but in this, I'm doing back flips and riding ostriches. It's physically demanding in a new way, so it's fun.
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That's right, I take vocal lessons - done it for years. There's nothing wrong with it.
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Do you know what a thirteen-year-old girl can do when she is alone and frightened and believes she is right?
