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 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 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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Raising a child is an on-the-job kind of thing. There aren't a whole lot of manuals for that.
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I was not only typecast as a Russian, but I was typecast as Yakov Smirnoff. This is understandable, and I was very happy to get the roles, but it would be nice to be in a movie where I could be someone else.
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Affairs go on, and all will take some shape or other, but it keeps one in hot water all the time.
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Courage! I have shown it for years; think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end?
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We get 150 notices a week for seminars.
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I'm now the Lord of the Brighton Manor.
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There is only this world, as it is now, and there has never been another, can never be any other.
