Catherynne M. Valente Quotes

I have always been delighted when told there was a piece of fanfic inspired by a book of mine floating about. I don't read it for legal reasons, but I'm thrilled to know it's there. Someone cared. Someone loved it enough to spend their free time writing about it for free.

Catherynne M. Valente

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The greatest thing about being a comedian is knowing other comedians. And you get to talk to them. Its the most fun.

Jerry Seinfeld

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My mother and father were never frightened of anything. They always felt that they should go through life happily and without fear, and they did that. And it was a great boon to my brother and myself.

John Cassavetes

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None so deaf as those that will not hear. None so blind as those that will not see.

Matthew Henry

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I think if you look back at the lead singers that left groups that didn't make it, you'll see that a lot of them were songwriters like Lionel Richie. I mean, they were able to control their own destiny.

Jeffrey Osborne

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So far, yes, I have been doing only commercial films because those are the kind of films that came my way. Those are the kind of films that I liked, but definitely I'm open to doing other kinds of cinema as well, and if something comes along - if I like a character - then I would definitely do something off-beat or edgy.

Sonakshi Sinha

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I was tired of playing the goodie-two-shoes.

Donna Mills

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The aim for the future is always to win titles, become champions of the Premier League, and more.

David Silva

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While the war in Iraq was raging, I spent some time in neighbouring Jordan, meeting with Iraqi refugees who fled their country to try to find some place of safety. I interviewed many families about what had happened to them and what they did as a result.

Deborah Ellis

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It's always hard to write and get your words out there, to find an editor, a publisher - readers! - who are going to appreciate them.

Colson Whitehead

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For 300 years, higher education was not disruptable because there was no technological core.

Clayton M. Christensen

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I think it's a little insulting, a bit insulting to American workers when Rand Paul says that unemployment insurance is a disservice.

Chuck Schumer

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The places I've been, or passed through, or seen at a distance, have had as much an impact on my life as the people I've known.

Bryan Lee O'Malley

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