Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
That is the trouble with standing up to people, of course. Once you start doing it, you can hardly stop.
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We continue to be bullish on China.
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We passionately set up a programme that we call the Indian gun programme. I challenged Colonel Bhatia, who heads our defence business, that let's build an Indian gun. There's a belief that Indian companies aren't capable of this, and we want to prove them wrong, as we did in components.
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Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.
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Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine.
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Smart people are a dime a dozen. What matters is the ability to think different... to think out of the box.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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I find playwriting to be incredibly difficult compared to screenwriting. Part of it is that I grew up watching movies and not watching plays.
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The two most frightening words in Washington are 'bipartisan consensus.' Bipartisan consensus is when my doctor and my lawyer agree with my wife that I need help.
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A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people as no historical reconstruction can.
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One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything.
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Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.
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When you save book reports, art projects and put them in a scrapbook, it shows a kid you care and you are taking an interest in their lives.
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When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.
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It's morally wrong to allow a sucker to keep his money.
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I think that our comfort is in our history.
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Why do I always choose the shopping cart with the squeaky wheel? Is it my bad luck, or are all the carts dysfunctional?
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If I was on a march at the moment I would be saying to everyone: 'Be honest with each other. Admit there are limitless possibilities in relationships, and love as many people as you can in whatever way you want, and get rid of your inhibitions, and we'll all be happy.
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I have always fought for concrete facts, for justice.
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My father is my idol, so I always did everything like him. He used to work two jobs and still come home happy every night.
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Too many critics mistake the deliberations of the Congress for its decisions.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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My brother Jim and I spent many wonderful summers working on dairy farms in Wisconsin owned by Mom's cousins, and as members of our local Boy Scout troop.
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I grew up. I began to think the United States had some problems that really required the help of artistic people to solve. And I gave myself permission to be a writer instead of a civil servant.
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That is the trouble with standing up to people, of course. Once you start doing it, you can hardly stop.
