Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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For me, it's always been about preparation, and the more prepared I can be each week, the less pressure I feel and the more confident I am. As your confidence grows, it's only natural that the pressure you feel diminishes.
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Novelty is always welcome but talking pictures are just a fad.
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Economically, ISIS is making money every day on the black market with their oil fields. But they are also putting money in banks. We know where those banks are. We should go after the banks and the facilitators using them.
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The digital revolution has also meant a revolution in access to information. This puts more power and knowledge into the hands of nonexperts.
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I am not gay; I don't have a relationship with Ricky Martin.
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You never want to see a guy struggle. And we've all struggled. It's part of the game.
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I want to remind you today that the greatest Artist of all time created you. He dreamed about you long before you were born, before a single brushstroke of your life took place.
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The word 'change' has been abused so many times.
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To grow, people need to be challenged.
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I am what I am. I have not deliberately built an image for myself.
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I think definitely people know me from playing creeps and weirdos, and I'm definitely looking to expand my range.
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Probably the most formative experience was reading the 'Foundation' trilogy when I was about twelve years old. That wasn't the first science fiction I had ever read, but it's something that stands out in my memory as having had a big impact on me.
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Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.
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I'm dyslexic, I have attention-deficit disorder, and I've got something like a hereditary tremor.
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My father always said, 'Do your best and piss on the rest.' And I think there's a lot of truth to that, because if you've done your best, there's not a hell of a lot more you can do about something.
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Privacy is important to me. But it's not just about sticking two fingers up and saying I don't want anyone to know my business. It's an artistic choice. I think that for any actor to convince their audience that they have completely inhabited a character requires a certain level of anonymity.
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Oh, yes; you Virginians shed barrels of perspiration while standing off at a distance and superintending the work your slaves do for you. It is different with us. Here it is every fellow for himself, or he doesn't get there.
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There is no such thing as perfect security, only varying levels of insecurity.
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My dad was never married. He was kind of a rolling stone. But he was never disrespectful. At the same time, even though he had women in his life when I was a kid, there wasn't any consistency.
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I don't see how you could get used to people screaming in your face, and anyone who says different is lying.
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And diff'ring judgments serve but to declare that truth lies somewhere, if we knew but where.
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I was in the playground, like, 'Let's imitate the Spice Girls and form a girl group!' I would go home and sing into my hairbrush and act like Britney Spears. I was no Mozart.
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I kiss grandmas because they're clean. I haven't picked anything up from a grandma yet.
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You can’t kiss a girl into anything.
