Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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I am who I am.
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Evolutionary psychology tells us that men, especially powerful men, feel invincible and entitled to spread their seed, and that women can't resist the scent of masculine power. Women, by contrast, are said to be more altruistic and collaborative, seeking power so that they can share it with others.
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Unfortunately, what many people forget is that judges are just lawyers in robes.
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A lot happens in 20 years.
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The significance and volume of repairs that are needed across the country demand that we give state and local governments the long-term certainty they need to effectively execute these projects.
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Obviously I love 'The Godfather' movies. I think they're phenomenal.
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I've found just the right amount of balance in my life. I'm this pop artist in America, but I'm also Malaysian. And I'm also Muslim.
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We midwives and physicians have a lot to teach each other.
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I always tell friends you can't judge your success by someone else's. You can't be afraid to fail.
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When I exercise, I need to connect to myself and see how I'm feeling at the moment because my mood is constantly changing.
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I have always watched my close friends fall in love, but I never thought it would happen to me.
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I'm still going to have to go out and score, but defensively hopefully I can make them a little bit better.
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Being an athlete helps me get those grandiose emotions of pleasure and pain that are involved in sports.
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Look what I found; a litter version of the Internet! This used to be something that could convert carbon dioxide to oxygen using only sunlight, water, and a few nutrients. But now it's way cooler; it has two functions. You can either put little words on it, or crumple it up into a tiny ball and throw it! 27.
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I think, like a lot of people on this issue, I have really changed my thinking here to, ‘I don’t ever want to stand in front of anybody’s happiness.’ That’s not my job, okay? If that word – ‘marriage’ – is really, really that important to you, I can go with it.
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In my lifeWhy do I smileAt people who I'd much rather kick in the eye ?
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I'll never have so compelling a figure within my embrace as Joan of Arc; there will never be a book whose last chapter is so very hard to get right.
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I'm just a low-key guy.
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I want mainstream artists to accept Latino artists as equals without us having to sing in English.
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You don't have to be an elected official to be a public servant.
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No doubt, man will continue to weigh and to measure, watch himself grow, and his Universe around him and with him, according to the ever growing powers of his tools.
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It is for us to discharge the high duties that devolve on us, and carry our race onward. To be no better, no wiser, no greater than the past is to be little and foolish and bad; it is to misapply noble means, to sacrifice glorious opportunities for the performance of sublime deeds, to become cumberers of the ground.
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Up to no good may mean up to something interesting!
