Lydia Millet Quotes
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I started wearing all black around the time I got into Nirvana. I first heard 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' when I was about 12, and I remember jumping on my bed, so excited about it.
Natasha Lyonne -
I was at a ballpark as much as I was in school. I was on a basketball court or football field as much as I was in school, so I definitely was receiving mentorship when it came to coaches, my father, my grandfather, and my uncles.
Omari Hardwick -
I've never been on a television show as a regular before.
Gaby Hoffmann -
Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
Jack Benny -
I always tell women to use the fact that we offer a different point of view in a room full of men, to their advantage. Because we often stand out, we gain a unique platform to demonstrate our knowledge and capabilities.
Padmasree Warrior -
I've had confidence in myself all along. It was just a matter of getting the pieces back in place.
Dale Earnhardt
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I hate the fact that people think 'compromise' is a dirty word.
Barbara Bush -
There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension.
J. Paul Getty -
Technology has changed things, same as everywhere. But the economy has changed drastically. When Jamaica first won independence, our dollar was stronger than the U.S. dollar. Now ours is about 90 to one. That's had a big impact on crime and poverty.
Damian Marley -
Individuals with kidney disease who are able to obtain treatment early experience a higher quality of life and are able to maintain more of their day-to-day activities, including keeping their jobs.
Xavier Becerra -
Often when you are starting out in comedy, you will find that people will laugh at the things you didn't think were funny. It's important to pay attention also to what people are laughing at when you are just talking in regular conversation. Often that is when you are truly being yourself.
Natasha Leggero -
There's something about the darkness that I find unavoidably intoxicating. The knowledge that other people are sleeping and, therefore, unavailable to ruin my solitude, makes me more peaceful than I am during the day.
Rachel Nichols
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The artist who imagines that he puts his best into a portrait in order to produce something good, which will be a pleasure to the sitter and to himself, will have some bitter experiences.
Jacob Epstein -
I found out about reviews early on. They're mostly written by sad men on bad afternoons. That's probably why I'm less angry than some writers, who are so narcissistic they consider every line of every review, even a thoughtful one, as major treason.
Barry Hannah -
I'm very good about eating breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Yunjin Kim -
I just followed my parents' example and advice on living, which was to leave the world a better place than you found it. They were professional do-gooders, ministers of the church, social workers, teachers, and missionaries, that sort of thing.
Ian Mckellen -
Fashion for a long time was very elitist and difficult to get access to. The access I can now provide to my readers live from fashion shows with my iPhone was never, ever possible before.
Imran Amed -
I watched the Bush administration overreact to the Clinton administration, who believed they did too much nation building, sustaining other countries, and that's why we never put the commitment on Afghanistan and Iraq that should have been in there under their policy leadership.
Jack Keane
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The object of ambition, unlike that of love, never being wholly possessed, ambition is the more durable passion of the two.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton -
To make a computer do something that would take a human a long period of time was always interesting.
Jon Oringer -
Winning is a habit.
Leo Durocher -
My mother was adorable, a great giggler. My father was very strong and could be quite frightening.
Zoe Wanamaker -
If you've never quit anything, you really ought to try. And if at first you don't succeed, try again.
Steve Rushin -
Pugs are creatures of habit.
Lydia Millet