Lydia Millet Quotes
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There is nothing we can do about the lynching now, as we are out-numbered and without arms.
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There was a time I desperately needed for the world to know that I was no category guy. My whole goal in life was to reach that certain success where people will say, 'Hey, that guy can do anything. He's the Evel Knievel of music. He's jumping over 15 buses!'
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There's a side of fashion that's very analytical and data-oriented and methodical, but there's also a side of it that's just like magic. You can't quite put your finger on it, and you can't quite describe or prescribe a formula for how to get that magic exactly, but when you feel it and when you see it,you know that's what it is. It's magic.
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You don't need a machine to make pasta: a rolling pin and a fast hand can create a smooth, if thick, sheet.
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I kinda like the idea of having an album that's all me.
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I guess I'm not really fond of just chit-chatting. I want to learn something and have an experience.
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It's all about exploring the more unpredictable aspects in the character, not just fighting people.
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I have been a long-term environmental advocate for the agriculture industry. I have particularly tried to push carbon farming or carbon sequestration.
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I have a pig valve.
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I've always thought space station is a great name. It should be like a gas station where we go for service and supplies before heading further out.
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I do secret stand-up shows around New York. I announce and tweet this to nobody - I get onstage and I do a quick five minutes.
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Considering how foolishly people act and how pleasantly they prattle, perhaps it would be better for the world if they talked more and did less.
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I have white hair now, but a lot of it, and I'm still very glamorous, and so I won't disappoint, I hope! I'll still be wearing the tight leather trousers and high-heel boots, regardless of what age!
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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.
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My life was pretty rough.
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One thing a lyricist must learn is not to fall in love with his own lines. Once you learn that, you can walk away from the lyric and look at it with a reasonable degree of objectivity.
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I firmly believe that the benevolent Creator designed the republican Form of Government for Man.
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I started playing in a band when I was eleven years old. We did a three piece, and we started playing instrumentals.
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Bill Bennett really became an idol for me. I listened to him every morning from 6 to 9 for, oh, years.
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I liked in television that you do some work, then you perform, then you stop and you have a break because they have to set up lights, and then you do some more work. I really liked the pace of it; it really agreed with me.
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I don't believe that weed is a drug. I believe its herbal medicine. I'll smoke that occasionally and I definitely back marijuana but anything harder than that, I just say no to and I encourage kids to say no to hard drugs.
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What I find is with all due deference to - deference to our male colleagues, that women's styles tend to be more collaborative.
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I'm for any woman who loves sloths.
