Lydia Millet Quotes

'Dept. of Speculation' contains numerous enviable lines.

Lydia Millet

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The general will rules in society as the private will governs each separate individual.

Maximilien Robespierre

SocietyRulesWillIndividualEach

You can take a Jew out of a shtetl, but you cannot take a shtetl out of a Jew.

Sholom Aleichem

YouOutTakeCannotJew

I asked Bob Dylan to paint the album cover for 'Music from Big Pink.' He said, 'Yeah, let me see what I can come up with.'

Robbie Robertson

MusicMePinkI CanSaidSee

Telling a story about someone has enormous power. People forget a headline. They remember a story.

Michelle Dean

PowerPeopleStorySomeoneRemember

I just don't want to be famous. I feel like there's a lot of sacrifice in that I'm not really willing to make.

Missy Peregrym

SacrificeFamousFeelWantJust

You hit those valleys sometimes and it's really frustrating. It's like getting stuck in traffic on the freeway. But there's not much you can do about it.

Jason Bateman

YouSometimesTrafficValleysStuck

The trouble with having a place for everything is how often it gets filled up with everything else.

Don Fraser

PlaceTroubleEverythingUpHow

I just can't read, the way other people can, these tediously elaborated books.

David Shields

PeopleWayJustBooksReadOther

Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.

Aristotle

LiberalismVirtuesMostBeloved

A huge part of what a kid learns when they're growing up is social and emotional development. As adults, we take it for granted that other people have emotions that are different from ours, and we can identify what they are, but those are skills that children have to learn.

Tim Schafer

ChildrenPeopleGrowing UpLearnKid

I try to be as normal as I can.

Timbaland

I CanTryNormal

I really loved Kygo and Selena Gomez's 'It Ain't Me.'

Justin Tranter

MeLovedReally

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