Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
Nothing real is pretty, she said. Only a doll is pretty. And a pretty doll drinks out of a tiny cup forever. A woman wants a big cup.
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It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of kings? Yes.
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I don't want to mess with my face. So I'm becoming fluent in French so I can go to France and make French films when I'm 60.
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Working together was a bit of a disaster. I'd tell him his ideas were cr*p and he'd say the same about mine.
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I think it would have been a lot better for him to say, I did it and I'm sorry, McGwire was never one to show a lot of emotion on the field, not a player who sought attention and craved to be thought of as a nice guy.
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We need to take music out of the ivory tower - both for musicians and for the public. Otherwise, classical music will not survive the 21st century.
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Real Texans don't want any woman to die of cancer because she can't get decent health care or medical advice. Real Texans don't want any woman to lose control of her life because she can't get birth control.
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I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.
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I'm very conscious of other people's opinions and of people not liking me.
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The Dalai Lama can claim the sanction of the Buddha, who is said to have altered his teachings in order to reach a diverse audience.
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'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' is one of the greatest films of all time.
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In Westerns you were permitted to kiss your horse but never your girl.
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Think about your menu, and if you're not a skilled chef - which I'm not - follow a recipe. You can't go wrong if you don't cut the fine print.
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As a teenager, I had big breasts for my age, and my friends cracked on me a lot.
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U.S. nuclear weapons that are available for presidential use are targeted against broad ocean areas.
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My wife is completely different from me: she's good with everyone, whereas I'm good at directed conversation when I have a purpose for it, like now. If everyone's sitting around being social, I'm not great.
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I've never been big on cars. When I first got to Hollywood, I bought a used car from Avis. I drove that until I almost had to pay someone to tow it away.
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Love is always being given where it is not required.
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My life was on the line here and my career and everything I worked for, it was hanging by a thread.
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I know enough of the family life of officers. I scarcely know my own children or they me.
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My full name is E.G. Marshall. I am known by no other.
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When you make a movie, it's just so personal and then you put it out in front of people and it becomes something else.
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You are always new, the last of your kisses was ever the sweetest.
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A financial shift happened with 'Facing the Giants' and 'Fireproof,' where movies that were faith-based films were profitable. And people in Hollywood - like people in downtown U.S.A. - are out to make money.
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Nothing real is pretty, she said. Only a doll is pretty. And a pretty doll drinks out of a tiny cup forever. A woman wants a big cup.
