Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
I’m quite civilized, I promise,’ Manythanks sniffed, smiling. ‘Wairwulves are cultured. We have choirs and charity races and rotary clubs. It’s when we’re human that you must take care.
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I'm not saying anything to denigrate 'Criminal Minds'; that's a great show. I just didn't appreciate it anymore. I appreciate those people, but I realized my heart wasn't in and I needed to go because plenty of people would rip their arm off to be on that show, so they should be.
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Saint Joseph's still is among the smaller-enrollment institutions with a big-time basketball program. The Jesuits still offer the same high-quality education. St. Joe's students and alumni are as supportive as ever, and their spirit is unquenchable.
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My mother told me I should be a secretary, but I wanted to be an actress from when I was very young.
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I always wanted Han Solo's confidence and swagger. My personality is way more C-3PO, but Han was always who I wanted to be.
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I try hard to convince them it's important - but there's a history of discomfort with minorities voting in some parts of this country, so most especially the older people have to get accustomed to it.
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I'm 42 and the age of a guy who has kids, so I guess I'm playing right where I'm supposed to be. I'm comfortable with that, but in the same breath I'd do something edgy. If someone came to me and offered me an edgy and funny story, then I'd do it.
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I am very much a Republican.
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If you look at my record, I have a clean record.
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The gamble of literature is that I make the best work I can; the most truthful, the most representative of how I see things. I try and do that, and then I put it out there and say to you, 'What do you think?' I hope that you think well of it, obviously.
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Everybody is nicer to me when I'm in yellow.
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My parents made certain I had no illusions about acting. To them, it was always just a job.
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I'm very happy to be employed. I always contend that in show business that if you're employed, then you're successful.
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Economic sanctions rarely achieve the desired results.
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When you catch other people with a sound like yours, that's when you know you did something.
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I immediately called the command center of the Department of Justice to let them know that my wife was on a plane that had been hijacked. I mainly wanted them know there was another hijacked plane out there.
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Christians should be ready for a change because Jesus was the greatest changer in history.
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'Mojave' is a very wild, throwback film with these two dudes going after each other.
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Much melancholy has devolved upon mankind, and it is detestable to me that might will triumph in the end.
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I actually worked for a small company in Ohio that sort of farmed out work from Disney and Dreamworks, so I really only ever worked in two studios.
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She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket.
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It's not me who can't keep a secret. It's the people I tell that can't.
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Marriage is but slavery made to appear civilized.
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You cannot hide; your growth as an artist is not separate from your growth as a human being: it is all visible.
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I’m quite civilized, I promise,’ Manythanks sniffed, smiling. ‘Wairwulves are cultured. We have choirs and charity races and rotary clubs. It’s when we’re human that you must take care.
