Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
So I talk to the dead. They're the only ones who can see the whole story. All they've got is story.
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I often get mistaken for Dumbledore. One wizard is very much like another.
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I need to be doing different things all the time; it's just part of who I am.
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I don't want to be a bust.
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I like to look at 'A Place in the Sun' every now and get inspired by it.
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People are making judgements about Russian people based on me. This is why I never allow myself any aggression towards my opponent.
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I would have never signed the Patriot Act. I would have never signed the National Defense Authorization Act allowing for arrests and detainment of you and me as U.S. citizens without being charged.
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I think you have to do certain things in the pilot to get your network's attention - to break through... So maybe you push a little further in the first show.
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Peruvian food is so simple yet amazingly flavored with their traditional spices.
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I honored the fallen enemy by placing a stone on his beautiful grave.
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I make sure I eat well without depriving myself of the things that I love: a cheeseburger and fries, creamy white-truffle pasta, bowls of ice cream. Everything in moderation, but I indulge at least three times a week.
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These greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow.
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I had stories that needed more space than the hour and a half or two hours a movie gives you.
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In the name of the constitution of Texas, which has been trampled upon, I refuse to take this oath. I love Texas too well to bring civil strife and bloodshed upon her.
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George W. Bush, though a president's son, is cast as Reagan's heir even more than his father's.
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Since I've had a son, I want to be around to see him grow up.
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I'm lucky to come from a very musical family. If you put a record on and turn the volume up, there's a pretty good chance you'll have a lot of people dancing very quickly.
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Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.
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'Sairat' is a film I absolutely loved. I have great regard for the movie and its film-maker. The movie blew my mind.
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There are all these scripts where the women, if they're working, are prostitutes and lawyers with an angry streak who'll kill you. It's a reaction to women leaving their men and men being angry about it and saying it on some subconscious level.
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What cinema can do is the reordering of this reality from a certain chaos or from a certain order into an aesthetic dimension.
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No matter what your heartache may be, laughing helps you forget it for a few seconds.
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A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering with her neighbors to make their street safer; a woman running for office to improve her country - they all have something to offer, and the more our societies empower women, the more we receive in return.
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There are clear differences between and some- and there may be protective factors in a female brain.
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So I talk to the dead. They're the only ones who can see the whole story. All they've got is story.
