Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
There is only this world, as it is now, and there has never been another, can never be any other.
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I've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys.
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I think there's always a line between what is parody in good fun in chanting and what is intended to belittle certain segments of society.
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I think one of the great things about being a musician is that you never stop learning.
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What really makes it fun for an actor is when the script is good.
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Some musicians I know are incredible fathers. Like Keith Richards. A fantastic dad.
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I could battle rap forever, but it's a joke to me.
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Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.
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Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.
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Samsung has drastically altered the rule that big screens mean huge phones. Even this smaller of the new Galaxy S models has a larger screen than the biggest iPhone, but it's much narrower and easier to hold and to slip into a pocket.
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My room is like an antique shop, full of junk, and weird stuff. There's a big sword in there. And a taxidermy bird, and a couple of birdcages. And a lot of newspaper cuttings. I used to have a weird thing about cutting out morbid headlines from newspapers, and collecting them. I was fascinated with drowning, which is kind of strange.
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I wear a lot of wigs as Jacques Mesrine. He'd wear multiple wigs and take them off one at a time to rob three banks in one hour.
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My finding of myself as an artist, which I think in itself helped me to find just who I am and how I want to express myself, is entirely - in conjunction, of course, with my family, particularly my mom - founded on teachers.
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Push-ups, sit-ups, and a strict diet of raisins. That's my plan.
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I never really drank coffee in college, but now I'm on my feet all day and out all night and can't believe it hasn't always been in my life. When morning comes I crave it.
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I was awfully curious to find out why I didn't go insane.
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I am attracted by almost any French word - written or spoken. Before I knew its meaning, I thought 'saucisson' so exquisite that it seemed the perfect name to give a child - until I learned it meant 'sausage!'
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Performance art can involve the audience with taste, smell and sounds not available with electronic media and not practical with conventional theater. This is due to the usually small audience.
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I miss 'EastEnders.' I loved it. But I was exhausted when I left. They asked me to go back recently - they've asked a few times. I am tempted! But my husband Scott says you have to really think about it. Because, towards the end, I was so exhausted and not sleeping at night. I'm not quite ready for it.
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I've never been enamoured by the idea of being a celebrity.
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One thing that we decided very early in the relationship is that when he goes, we all go - the whole family.
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Most of my playing style is very on point - the tapping, just by nature of being rhythmic, is tight - so I'd like to explore something looser and less precise.
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The false interpreters of nature declare that quicksilver is the common seed of every metal, not remembering that nature varies the seed according to the variety of the things she desires to produce in the world.
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There is only this world, as it is now, and there has never been another, can never be any other.
