Lydia Millet Quotes
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I will eat disgusting things, but only those with long established culinary traditions.
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When I'm out with a group I hide in the corner and get legless. I just make sure my friends shield me.
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I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear of displaying a soi-disant bad taste stops us from venturing into special cultural zones.
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Boyfriends? Psh, like I've got time for that!
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Right now, every American is affected by high energy prices. Working families, small businesses and consumers across the country are feeling the pinch with no end in sight.
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I was home-schooled for my entire high school experience, so I never went to prom.
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I always wanted to get out of Tokyo and in 1977, New York seemed like the most interesting place to visit. I didn't intend to live here- I just wanted to get out and see what was happening. I just happened to stay here then.
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Same-sex marriage is not the future.
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Casting directors now just see me as the hard-core sniper or prison guard.
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I did a book in 1996, an overview of black history. In that process I became more aware of a lot of the black inventors of the 19th century.
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The young athlete who aspires to greatness, generally speaking, learns a number of things from several different coaches. The first one taught him the fundamentals; the second one instilled discipline in him and taught him more of the techniques that must be mastered to excel.
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It's a 12-hour cooking class for me on the set of 'Chopped.' You'd think I'd get sick of it, but it's a source of endless interest to me. The only thing I don't like about it is it's a long day and my feet hurt. Otherwise, I love it.
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If the world acts together, we can make sure that all of our children enjoy lives of opportunity and dignity.
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Pleasant, summer, and slow long day; Also pleasant to pass out of chastisement Pleasant, the blossoms on the tops of the pear-trees; Also pleasant, friendship with the Creator.
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What I cannot follow are the manic-depressive fluctuations from total control to no control, from the serialization of all elements to chance.
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Ah! County Guy, the hour is nigh,The sun has left the lea.
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The fundamental imperative about idolatry was that worship was not to be paid to any created thing such as a messenger, a planet, a star, one of the four elements, or to anything produced from them.
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Men should be able to see themselves in female characters and female strength, just as much as women are able to see themselves in male characters.
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I'm definitely an independent person, and I don't need boyfriends all the time.
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I think it's mental to pay for water. Where is that water coming from? Are they in the hills puttin' it into bottles when years ago it used to roll down and go into the lakes?
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But the fact that same-sex marriage is still an issue is insane. Thinking love knows a sex is ridiculous.
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We do not judge great art. It judges us.
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Most of my books have something to do with L.A.
