Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
You are a Witch. I am a Prince. In all the books, where there is a Witch and a Prince there is a way.
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Listen to the Bee Gees and you can learn to be a great writer.
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I believe that we are at a very low level of consciousness, and we do not know how to treat each other as human beings. We are caught up in our own lives, our own needs, our own ego gratification. I feel a strong sense of responsibility in delivering that message.
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There was a time when caddies couldn't wear shorts.
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I was never the mascot of the Georgia football team.
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Many people who I respected were disappointed when I started 'Wine Library TV.' They thought I was dumbing down wine, but I always knew I was one of the biggest producers of new wine drinkers in the world, and people are realizing it now.
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Playing the priest on 'Oz' was a fantastic experience. I was very lucky.
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A woman can walk miles without making one single step forward. As a child born in a harem, I instinctively knew that to live is to open closed doors. To live is to look outside. To live is to step out. Life is trespassing.
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Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.
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No one can be saved - in virtue of what he can do. Everyone can be saved - in virtue of what God can do.
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We, as entrepreneurs, can be held responsible for our actions every single day, not every election cycle.
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In order to obtain the goal of returning to Palestine, all of us sometimes have to grit our teeth.
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I invested all my money in debt.
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Clothes are not frippery. Properly done, they can be an art form.
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And for a very special group of people, we've provided their only job. I'm speaking of course of the disabled. They have stated they don't want a hand out just a hand. We are happy to give them one.
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I've looked after my money. As I started working around my third birthday, my first check went straight to the bank.
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Honestly, like, American football is not that big over in the U.K., so we hadn't really heard of Drew Brees before. I did know that he was, like, a massive football player. He's a massive star, so I was still a little bit anxious and nervous to meet him.
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There are still some pieces that aren't being used, like the white-space bands between TV channels. With digital broadcasting, those buffers aren't needed anymore. The wireless telcos want to lease them, while the TV industry wants to maintain the status quo. Either decision would be a mistake.
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A woman can be very beautiful and an ideal model and she will photograph incredibly well, but she'll appear in film and it won't work. What works is some fusion of physical beauty with some mental field or whatever you call it. I don't know.
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I've always been aware of having feelings that were pretty intense at times. I imagine most people have had that, or they wouldn't be human.
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I don't believe that intelligence can be reduced to a number, frankly. But I can see how doing exactly that produces a useful sorting mechanism in our society in order to separate children into categories of promising and doomed. The tests seem arbitrary and without real scientific value and yet have lasting consequences.
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Today, I see thousands of Mahatma Gandhis, Martin Luther Kings, and Nelson Mandelas marching forward and calling on us. The boys and girls have joined. I have joined in. We ask you to join, too.
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Comic books are a big passion of mine.
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There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all.
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You are a Witch. I am a Prince. In all the books, where there is a Witch and a Prince there is a way.
