Lydia Millet Quotes
If you're doing creative work, that work should never feel trivial - even if what you're doing is for hire or lightly intended. Even the mundane doesn't have to be trivial.
Quotes to Explore
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'Frontline' started doing digital content in 1995. We started streaming our films in 2000.
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It's hard to make a good movie in four weeks. It's hard. I've done it, but it's not easy.
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We must break problems down into small, digestible bits. We must define the concepts that we use and explain what components they consist of. We must tackle small problems.
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Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.
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What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.
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For me, my home is a peaceful place where I can rest, and it gives me back energy.
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I'm not denying that it's exciting to have a play on Broadway.
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I know that I have to give testimony about all the things I lived, but I need time.
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I wish I had had a great disappointment, a real one.
Nastassja Kinski -
When I got my Oprah money, the first thing I bought was a really nice electronic bidet toilet seat.
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My grandmother impressed upon me the importance of family, and my grandfather encouraged my hunger for learning.
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I don't find any real rivalries with crime and thriller writers anyway. That might sound a little Pollyanna, but for the most part the writers I compete with, if you want to use that word, it's a pretty friendly rivalry. I think we all realise that the boat rises and sinks together.
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I always try to keep one very feminine quality to my style.
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Don't feel sorry for me. I've had a great life, great friends.
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Many men start being friendly with women because they are trying to seduce them. I'm not trying to seduce them. I just like hanging out with them.
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People employed in financial institutions are rarely interesting and even more rarely likable.
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I'm not the kind of actress that goes home with the character. I mean, you're thinking about the work or the next day's scenes, but not staying in character. But as a film goes on, you become more and more fragile, emotionally. And physically too, actually.
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It's not like I have the most perfect body in the world. I'm a normal girl.
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Some people say I make mistakes, I just say that in fact this is the secret of enjoying life. I hate monotony. Why don’t they leave me freedom of choice? People want to impose choices which aren’t necessarily mine. That’s the mistake people make.
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I'm the king of debt.
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I put more pressure on myself than anybody in this world.
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Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.
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I hope that we will learn from each other, but most of all that we would learn from God's Word, which equips us for every good work, including our calling to suffer for the glory of God and for the building of His kingdom.
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If you're doing creative work, that work should never feel trivial - even if what you're doing is for hire or lightly intended. Even the mundane doesn't have to be trivial.
