Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
My master lit a candle in the long midwinter's past Now summer comes and all the fields are burning black and fast.
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Yeah, I lost court cases and misdemeanor juries, but of felony jury trials I was successful 105 of 106 times.
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We say that our objective is to conquer complete independence, to install a people's power, to construct a new society without exploitation, for the benefit of all those who feel themselves to be Mozambicans.
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I am lucky enough to be married to a personal trainer. He's able to whip me into shape pretty quickly.
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I lived around the corner from Saul Bellow.
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I get plenty of, 'Is that song about me?' from men but I just tell them to get over themselves.
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If I had caused any trouble worth mentioning, you would have read about it in 'Star' magazine, which is probably why I didn't cause any trouble worth mentioning.
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My mother's the youngest of 10 children too, so we have sort of a special bond in that we know what that feels like. It's a strange spot to be in.
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I was going to Miami quite a lot at the time, speaking a lot of Spanish with my friends from Cuba - Lana Del Rey reminded us of the glamour of the seaside. It sounded gorgeous coming off the tip of the tongue.
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To leave Afghanistan as a playground for terrorists and adventurers was simply not possible anymore.
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If others would but reflect on mathematical truths as deeply and as continuously as I have, they would make my discoveries.
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This cricket is like a burger, you can have it once a week but for a whole meal, you need to return to Test cricket. More than once a week, and it will give you a tummy ache.
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Many gloat over their own troubles.
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I am the world's worst reporter. I am apt to try too hard to help rather than just document my subjects.
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I definitely am the sort of person that likes to be constantly learning things.
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As much as I enjoy seeing other guys do the superhero approach to the Batman universe, personally my own vision falls a bit left of center.
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My father was the youngest of six brothers, and he was the brains. I never thought he was making what he should have. He had to split it with five brothers. So I made up my mind: I was going to go on my own and make my own money.
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I live in an apartment building built in 1925, and it hasn't been heavily renovated, so I feel very much connected to that time and what went on in that place.
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I'm from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I moved to L.A. when I was about eleven years old. I always go back to Milwaukee whenever I can. Just chill with my grandpa and my grandmother and just be with family, be with people that were there before I got a million views on YouTube because of my music video.
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If there was a better, more effective, or in fact any other way of visiting some penalty befitting their participation upon the little Eichmanns inhabiting the sterile sanctuary of the twin towers, I'd really be interested in hearing about it.
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With the solo stuff, it's like starting over from scratch. It's rolling up your sleeves and getting down to work.
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We only work four days a week, we only work three weeks out of the month, and we get four months off for the summer. So there's plenty of time for me to spend with the kids.
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Time, time - that is our greatest master! Alas, like Ugolino, time devours its own children.
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My master lit a candle in the long midwinter's past Now summer comes and all the fields are burning black and fast.
