Catherynne M. Valente Quotes

Every writing teacher I ever had except for one told me I was an awful writer, had no idea what I was doing, and should stop immediately. It only took the one to tell me something different to light a fire under me.

Catherynne M. Valente

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TeacherLightFireMeWritingDoing

This administration, this agency, the very agency charged with enforcing Obamacare, systematically targeted groups that came into existence because they opposed Obamacare - and they started the targeting the very month, March 2010, that Obamacare came into law - expects us to believe it is the work of two rogue agents in Cincinnati.

Jim Jordan

WorkLawBelieveMarchTwoMonth

I'm someone who'd never base how happy I am on how much money I have, or how good a restaurant is because of how posh it is.

Jessie J

GoodMoneyI AmHappyRestaurant

The gay-rights community had a strategy going in; they thought that they needed to have 30 states with some form of recognition - whether that be marriage, whether it be civil unions - but they wanted to have 30 states signed on before they went to the federal courts.

Jo Becker

MarriageCommunityThoughtStrategy

It's incorrect to assume you can be a fashion editor because you blog, if you don't have experience to look at fashion in a professional way.

Andre Leon Talley

ExperienceFashionYouLookWay

I'm honest, I'm fair and I'm sure, as time progresses, those who don't believe that will find it to be true.

John Hogg

TimeBelieveBe TrueFindTrueWill

But some actors I have met possess an intelligence that I can only dream of. It's about character, it's about behavior. They understand things about people that I simply don't see.

Ron Silver

CharacterIntelligencePeopleDream

The mirror is a powerful tool because it forces you to deal with yourself on a deeper level. Conceptually, paintings are like mirrors. They're an expression from the artist: 'This is how I view the world - I'm presenting it to you.'

Mickalene Thomas

MirrorYourselfWorldViewPowerful

When it comes to war, we focus more on the mainstream coverage of the event, rather than the event itself. People dying is never funny. Protest puppets are always funny.

Mo Rocca

FunnyFocusWarPeopleMoreNever

Even with all the negativeness of the whole social media thing, I still think it's leaps and bounds more positive.

Luke Bryan

PositiveSocial MediaThinkMedia

A grain of poetry suffices to season a century.

Jose Marti

PoetrySeasonGrainCentury

We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn't think it was fair in the history books that when the cavalry won it was a great victory, and when the Indians won it was a massacre.

Dick Gregory

HistoryGreatVictoryThinkFair

They don't know they're living in a glass house.

Douglas Wilson

HouseKnowGlassLiving

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