Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
It is such a hard work to keep your heart hidden! And worse, bt the time you find it easy, it will be harder still to show it.
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Progress, real progress, makes me cry harder than anything. When the world itself grows.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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Organized labor, if they're doing a responsible job, is going to organize the pooling of small amounts of money to protect the interests of the people who are not rich.
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It's the 21st century. It's healthier for us, better for the environment and certainly kinder to be a vegetarian.
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I suppose I shouldn't go around admitting I speak untruths on the radio.
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At present there is no distinction among the upper ten thousand of the city.
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My grandmother impressed upon me the importance of family, and my grandfather encouraged my hunger for learning.
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Acting was all I ever really wanted to do.
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A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.
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I read whatever is put in front of me. I gobble up books.
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We sat around and I fed them barbecue and whiskey. And pretty soon everyone started to compete with each other on the guitars. It seemed the more everyone drank and ate, the more everyone got into it.
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In sport, a massive amount is to do with genetics.
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The 3-point shot has created a situation in the game akin to 'Lotto' fever.
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I will run against anybody.
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If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when?
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It's totally my dream job. I grew up watching 'Saturday Night Live.' We'd watch it at sleepover parties and quote it.
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I found this out over the years, that racism is a thinly veiled disguise over economics and money. It really is.
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Each time a new disaster puts miners in the news, the press tries to make them into heroes, but they don't quite fit the bill. They don't march off to war or rush into burning buildings or rid our streets of crime.
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I had the idea that it would be wonderful to be a physicist or a mathematician maybe 500 years ago around the time of Newton when there were really fundamental things just lying around to be discovered.
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There is no difference in our souls...That is what yoga teaches. When you and I meet together, we forget ourselves -- our cultures and classes. There are no divisions, and we talk mind to mind, soul to soul. We are no different in our deepest needs. We are all humans.
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The fact that I was black and desirous to do my work, the other kids would call me a coconut, as if I were somehow attempting to be white. The bullying was real: I'd get punched, spat at, terrible things.
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It is such a hard work to keep your heart hidden! And worse, bt the time you find it easy, it will be harder still to show it.
