Michelle Dean Quotes

'Millennials' has become a kind of modern swearword, a slur directed at people in their early 20s.

Michelle Dean

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PeopleEarlyKindBecomeMillennials

I have a lot of energy, and if I don't keep myself busy, I go crazy. I alphabetise the spice rack, separate the Lego from the Playmobile, colour-code the knicker drawers - it's scary! My house loves it when I'm working so the linen cupboard can get a rest. I just don't sit around.

Jerry Hall

MyselfCrazyEnergyRestBusyHouse

The Jewish background is not that far from the black groove. Blacks are downtrodden, Jews are downtrodden, therefore they have something in common in that affliction. Being downtrodden often makes one more empathetic and sympathetic.

Jerry Leiber

BlackMoreJewishSomethingCommon

My favorite genre of movies growing up was the romantic comedy.

Jennifer Finnigan

RomanticGrowing UpComedyGrowing

To rejoice in another's prosperity is to give content to your lot; to mitigate another's grief is to alleviate or dispel your own.

Tryon Edwards

GriefProsperityContentOwnGive

I'm always fascinated by the disjunct between what's really happening on the ground and the propaganda machine that feeds America alarmist news about immigration.

Luis Alberto Urrea

ImmigrationAmericaNewsPropaganda

I am nothing if not rational about what is worthy of my anxiety and what is not, and I refuse to live my life as if a giant bus is just around the corner, waiting to crush me the minute I step off the curb.

Deborah Copaken Kogan

LifeLiveI AmStepWaitingMe

I hope to help people. I hope that I can be the escape that they need when things seem impossible or too tough.

Poppy

HopePeopleImpossibleToughHelp

I've always had issues with factory farming. That was always something that bothered me.

Paul Wesley

MeFarmingAlwaysSomethingBothered

If you fail, fail fast enough so you can regroup and do it better.

Thomas Newman

BetterEnoughYouFastFailRegroup

Though we may not necessarily forfeit our lives in service to our God, we can certainly demonstrate our love for Him by how well we serve Him.

Thomas S. Monson

LoveGodServiceHimServeMay

Film is my big problem. I am involved too much. I love too much. I've been trying to resolve it for 35 years now, but for now, I have to keep making them.

Lina Wertmuller

LoveI AmProblemTryingToo Much

The conscience of an artist worthy of the name is like an incurable disease which causes him endless torment but occasionally fills him with silent joy.

Georges Rouault

JoyNameArtistSilentHimWorthy

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