Lydia Millet Quotes

We read our children stories starring elephants and monkeys and bears to teach them about nobility, curiosity and courage, to warn them against selfishness and stubbornness.

Lydia Millet

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CourageChildrenCuriosityTeach

I got really hooked on this riff in the middle of this song called 'Minor Miracles' by my friend Eric Johnson from Fruit Bats. I got the tracks for that from him, and that turned into 'Here in Spirit.'

Jim James

FriendFruitSongMiraclesSpirit

I just get such a connection from an audience. You play with them. I get mad at them. I yell at them. They yell at me. It's just fun.

Joan Rivers

FunMeYouConnectionMadPlay

I want to be radical on the inside, but not on the outside.

Jeremy Piven

WantInsideOutsideRadical

If I go way back to Loretta Lynn, I always cite her as being able to capture what I think is every woman's story... she very openly used her art as an expression of what she was going through in her life. So that authenticity is something I admire.

Jennifer Nettles

LifeArtWomanStoryThinkBack

I definitely am drawn to strong females who are successful, smart women because I am a woman like that. I think it's important to portray those kinds of women on film and television. Especially as a black woman, I think it's important.

Megalyn Echikunwoke

WomenWomanSmartI AmStrongThink

Every time you do a true story - and I've done a few - you have to look in the mirror and say, 'That's close enough. I'm comfortable with this.' You're always going to compress time; you're going to change the order of things. But I don't think you want to tell a big lie. You want to think that you're embracing the truth.

John Lee Hancock

ChangeTruthTimeMirrorLieThink

If you're working 12-hour days, then you come home to do three hours' homework, it's quite a lot on your plate.

Anna Popplewell

HomeHomeworkYouThreeDaysCome

I would love to do better in mainstream Hindi films, but one thing I must say is that my best experience so far has been in the Punjabi film industry, where I've been around for more than 11 years.

Anita Hassanandani Reddy

LoveBestExperienceBetterSay

Asthma doesn't seem to bother me any more unless I'm around cigars or dogs. The thing that would bother me most would be a dog smoking a cigar.

Steve Allen

DogMeSmokingMoreDogsSeem

Vince McMahon is a workaholic; he sleeps 4 hours a night. The last thing that you want to tell the old man is that you are burned out - you need a break.

Stone Cold Steve Austin

ManNightOld ManYouWantNeed

Take air quality in the United States today: It's about 30 percent better than it was 25 years ago, even though there are now more people driving more cars.

Jared Diamond

TodayQualityPeopleEnvironmental

I don't like closed systems.

Jon Johansen

LikeClosedSystems

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