Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
You and I, we're no good at telling a story straight. It won't come off right. Like a dog reciting a sonnet. Impressive, but how much better to let him howl?Catherynne M. Valente
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The FHA literally drew up the redlining map and then basically distributed - I'm sorry, the Home Owners' Loan Corporation actually did it, and then distributed to banks who used that as policy to determine how they would lend and who they would lend to. The racism in the system was pervasive and total.
Ta-Nehisi Coates -
I said yes, which turned out to be the right answer.
Pat Sajak -
I need to be doing different things all the time; it's just part of who I am.
Maggie Cheung -
One thing that we decided very early in the relationship is that when he goes, we all go - the whole family.
Camila Alves -
If I could get the respect of 14-year-olds, I'm happy. They're the toughest audience.
Barry McGee -
I want to thank all the women who have worn my clothes, the famous and the unknown, who have been so faithful to me and given me so much joy.
Yves Saint Laurent
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But however measurable, there is much more life in music than mathematics or logic ever dreamed of.
Gabriel Marcel -
Medical debts are the number-one cause of bankruptcy in America.
Barbara Ehrenreich -
Everybody should have an equal chance - but they shouldn't have a flying start.
Harold Wilson -
People say that globalisation has negative aspects, but I don't believe globalisation is bad. It's criticised from a western perspective, but if you put yourself in the shoes of people in the developing world, it provides an unprecedented opportunity.
Tadashi Yanai -
I never set out to do this - getting to No. 1 in the 'New York Times' bestseller list wasn't even a pipedream.
E. L. James -
I thought I was going nowhere. Now I can see there was a pattern.
Kate DiCamillo
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We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible.
Barack Obama -
I don't want to be known as the granddaughter of the Hiltons. I want to be known as Paris.
Paris Hilton -
Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships; the poor man everywhere lies low.
Ovid -
Everybody knows they're on the Obama team: There isn't vice presidential vs. presidential division, there's not a generational pull. People have internalized that this is a real moment in history.
Rahm Emanuel -
It is remarkable how fast and how effectively you can construct a nationality with a flag, a few speeches, and a national anthem; to this day I avoid the label 'Lebanese,' preferring the less restrictive 'Levantine' designation.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb -
And so to bed.
Samuel Pepys
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All strugglesAre essentiallyPower struggles.Who will rule,Who will lead,Who will define,refine,confine,design,Who will dominate.All strugglesAre essentiallyPower struggles, And mostare no more intellectualthan two ramsknocking their heads together.
Octavia E. Butler -
Melodies are important. I always kind of pride myself on my melodies.
Lee DeWyze -
It's people's worst fantasy to see their partner kissing someone else, even though it's a job and it's not real.
Hayley Atwell -
To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself into a victim. When you speak out, you are in your power. So change the situation by taking action or by speaking out if necessary or possible; leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness.
Eckhart Tolle -
I think theatre should always be somewhat suspect.
Vaclav Havel -
You and I, we're no good at telling a story straight. It won't come off right. Like a dog reciting a sonnet. Impressive, but how much better to let him howl?
Catherynne M. Valente