Catherynne M. Valente Quotes

It seems like every few years a big name author will holler something about how evil, heinous, and morally wrong fan fiction and fan fiction writers are, and then the Internet gets all upset and shocked, and then the author is shocked that people could get so upset.

Catherynne M. Valente

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It's a daily struggle for me to stay alive. I don't mean to be melodramatic, hyperbolic, or go into my broadcast mode. But even that, my career is bipolar.

Mauro Ranallo

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I'm not afraid of falling or failing, because I've failed many times, and I learned from them.

Max Aaron

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The average customer comes into McDonald's three to four times a month, and I'm absolutely convinced that can fit in very comfortably into a balanced diet.

Steve Easterbrook

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I really never saw an obstacle for me in taking leadership positions because, in a very ridiculous way, I thought, 'If Mary Robinson can do it then why can't I?'

Sinead Burke

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I can't remember missing a practice because of illness.

Don Shula

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Always, when things don't go the way that everyone expects, people - the supporters as well - always look for someone to blame. In some cases, they blame the players.

Diego Costa

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I see fighters make funny videos about me and stick them on Facebook and get 20 likes. When I make a video, I sell it to Fox and make seven figures. That's the difference.

Conor McGregor

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One of the things that I loved about listening to Miles Davis is that Miles always had an instinct for which musicians were great for what situations. He could always pick a band, and that was the thing that separated him from everybody else.

Branford Marsalis

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When I got into high school, that's when I stated dabbling in fashion design. I got involved in the theater department's costume design and started to think that maybe I'd major in fashion design.

Ashley Nell Tipton

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Give to yourself as much as you give of yourself! This means you have to put yourself first.

Suze Orman

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I know that movies are basically meant to be entertainment, but I'm not that interested in entertainment.

Scott Rudin

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I'm looked upon as a theater actor who happened to know martial arts before I got into the movies.

Thomas Ian Griffith

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