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.Lydia Millet
Quotes to Explore
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'Frontline' started doing digital content in 1995. We started streaming our films in 2000.
Raney Aronson-Rath -
It's hard to make a good movie in four weeks. It's hard. I've done it, but it's not easy.
Sam Rockwell -
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.
Abdolkarim Soroush -
Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.
Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould -
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.
J. August Richards -
For me, my home is a peaceful place where I can rest, and it gives me back energy.
Fabiola Gianotti
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I'm not denying that it's exciting to have a play on Broadway.
Sam Shepard -
I know that I have to give testimony about all the things I lived, but I need time.
Ingrid Betancourt -
I wish I had had a great disappointment, a real one.
Nastassja Kinski -
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.
Harlan Coben -
I always try to keep one very feminine quality to my style.
Hailey Bieber -
Don't feel sorry for me. I've had a great life, great friends.
O. J. Simpson
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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.
Salman Rushdie -
People employed in financial institutions are rarely interesting and even more rarely likable.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb -
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.
Natasha Richardson -
It's not like I have the most perfect body in the world. I'm a normal girl.
Camilla Luddington -
I try not to push myself too hard, but I also need to perform and earn the results.
Im Dong-Hyun -
No matter where you are from, no matter what your background is, no matter what your socioeconomic status is, every person can achieve his or her dreams.
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
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Why does God endow us with compassion?
Franz Schubert -
When I chose to do 'Carrie,' I never had done anything on camera before. I was always onstage, so everything surprised me. Just going on set and walking into a makeup trailer and seeing Chloe Moretz and Julianne Moore - 'Wow, I am part of this ensemble.'
Ansel Elgort -
My mom had an audition for a commercial when I was about two and a half, and I ran in crying and interrupted her. They thought I was cute so they offered me a commercial role. My mom was skeptical and a bit nervous about the child actor thing, but I was extremely bossy and convinced them I wanted to try it.
Mae Whitman -
I used to work for an SOE. The wealth I created didn't belong to me. In other words, I was only managing money for the country and the people.
Wang Shi -
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.
Lydia Millet