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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Acting offers me an outlet. Here is the perfect opportunity to spend fleeting moments becoming an entirely different person; to experience a character entirely unlike myself, but to also make such a character a part of me. There is no routine here; there is no boredom.
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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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It's funny to think that when you get done with an acting job, you're considered unemployed. There are definitely times when those checks don't last forever. I went to college at a private school, and I racked up quite a bit of debt. I was very slow to pay them back.
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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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The more that I looked at DNA, the more I realized it was nature and nurture. It's how genes and your environment work together to produce the person you are.
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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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The Supreme Court, in 2005, emphasized and contrasted the great power of Congress under the Commerce Clause to regulate interstate commerce versus much more limited federal power under the discarded Articles of Confederation.
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I bungee-jump, skydive, surf and snowboard.
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The good news is at this point as I get older, the load has gotten heavier but my shoulders have gotten wider because I've gotten happier so it's a damn good thing.
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At the end of the day, my legacy will not be modelling but my cosmetics line.
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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.
