Lydia Millet Quotes

My motto is, if you love something, don't set it free. No matter how hard it struggles. That would be stupid.

Lydia Millet

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LoveMottoStupidFreeYouMatter

I can't think of a time that the U.S. government asked us or instructed us not to report or air something.

Jim Walton

TimeGovernmentThinkAirSomething

We live in an age where anonymity is growing in magnitude like a bomb going off.

Jock Sturges

LiveAgeGrowingAnonymityGoing

I always find music guys writing about love. Think of something else for a change. I'm sorry, but it's been done, and it does work and it's good and all that, but I think something else would be nice.

Jesse Spencer

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You don't expect to be touched by comedy. But when it happens, it's beautiful.

Jermaine Fowler

BeautifulComedyYouExpectHappens

I loved Victoria Glendinning's bio of Vita Sackville-West. I also loved Michael Holroyd's immense biography of Lytton Strachey.

Stephen McCauley

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My goal is to feel healthy.

Tom Reed

FeelGoalHealthy

Blackness, any sort of difference, is not a burden. Relegating blackness or other sorts of difference to serious books that explicitly engage with issues creates a context in which it can seem like one.

Rumaan Alam

SeriousBurdenDifferenceEngage

I took on the math-intensive art form of holography and, in my early 20s, traveled the world, living on university fellowships to pursue this esoteric craft. I didn't date much, really - perhaps because I didn't have many hormones, though I didn't know that at the time.

Mary Lou Jepsen

TimeArtWorldTraveledEarlyKnow

Because I do mostly comedy, I'm usually working with friends, and it's usually a ball.

Michaela Watkins

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I don't believe in ghosts or paranormal activity, but one time I think I saw - I might have seen - no, I think I did see a ghost.

Jason Blum

TimeBelieveThinkGhostsSeeGhost

I'm glad I'm successful at it, because it's allowed me to live very well financially, and give my kids a lot of things. It's enabled me to do stuff that I otherwise wouldn't be able to do. But it's not who I am.

Judith Guest

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I told my wife, 'One woman, lots of toys!'

Jason Momoa

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