Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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It may come as a surprise, but Frou Frou was really like a kind of little holiday from my own work. Guy and I, we have always worked together, and then over the years, it became clear that we wanted to do a whole album together. It was very organic and spontaneous - just one of those wonderful things that happens.
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Many use Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes for daily transactions like going to theatres, malls, and trading purpose. People like these are unnecessarily put to inconvenience.
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With 500 channels and the Internet available, you'd think a candidate could get the word out.
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If I go to Singapore, I have friends there. If they came to Zambia, they'd feel the same way. I've made connections, and I have friends in many, many countries.
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In the business world an executive knows something about everything, a technician knows everything about something and the switchboard operator knows everything.
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There's just something about that cold rush that I know I hate and a lot of other swimmers hate.
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I repeat the question, 'Can Louisiana be brought into proper practical relation with the Union sooner by sustaining or by discarding her new State Government?'
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'I feel healthy! I feel happy I feel terrific
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Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
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The greatest luxury of riches is that they enable you to escape so much good advice. The rich are always advising the poor; but the poor seldom return the compliment.
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It is very reasonable to worry about the harm done by organized religion, and to prefer looser and more private arrangements.
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People assume I'm a boiler ready to explode, but I actually have very low blood pressure, which is shocking to people.
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I think the grandfather of the set is the director. He needs to have authority, to do what people want. A warm grandfather; he needs to know his job, to be open.
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I think I would just want to say that I do view serving in government as an honor, and I do view it as a responsibility.
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Tom McMillen was a three-term congressman from Maryland. He is the tallest member of Congress. Period. He's 6'11''.
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Birthdays, for me, are not really important. It is just like any other day.
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Art can't be taught; passion can't be taught; discipline can't be taught; but craft can be taught. And writing is both an art and a craft.
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Some religious practitioners make absolutist claims for their beliefs: I've no interest in doing this, nor do I have any interest in converting people, which is doubtless a relief to anyone who has feared finding me on their doorstep asking if they'd like to know more about Odin.
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So much of my life is spent just focused on driving race cars.
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130 of Automattic's 150 employees work outside of our San Francisco headquarters. Why are so many companies stuck in this factory model of working?
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It's as if once you hit high school, you're programmed, like a robot, to be an asshole to your parents.
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They decided as part of my 75th birthday celebrations that I would be entitled to fly first class. I'll be honest, I'm not good at flying anymore. To my credit, I can stretch out on two coach seats.
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We can't enchant the world, which makes its own magic; but we can enchant ourselves by paying deep attention
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Did everything that had magic have teeth?
