Lydia Millet Quotes

On climate change, we have only a handful of years to make massive changes, according to the scientists. The politicians have to act, and only the people can make them, because Royal Dutch Shell's not going to do it.

Lydia Millet

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If it's hemorrhaging cash, you've got to do something about it. You can't live with your head in the sand.

Jim Ratcliffe

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Every movie has three things you have to do - you have to have a compelling story that keeps people on the edge of their seats; you have to populate that story with memorable and appealing characters; and you have to put that story and those characters in a believable world. Those three things are so vitally important.

John Lasseter

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It's amazing how easily people are led to fury and chaos. Unhappy people with guns are not going to make this country great.

Meryl Streep

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I'm a woman designing for women, and there are so many layers to that. On the one hand, it brings an effortlessness, but it also means that I think and overthink every detail, whether it's physical or mental or even - in some sense - spiritual.

Stella McCartney

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I am not a Catholic; but I consider the Christian idea, which has its roots in Greek thought and in the course of the centuries has nourished all of our European civilization, as something that one cannot renounce without becoming degraded.

Simone Weil

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You can play yourself and make a very good career out of it. Do the same type of role, the daring, good-looking, dashing kind of guy. I mean, there's a role for that guy in television, films, whatever. But people who are able to shape-shift and go from drama to comedy to whatever, there's an art to it. Especially in Hollywood.

Rocky Carroll

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I've had some Democrat African-American leaders tell me they're really not all that comfortable with Obama as the lead at the MLK festivities 'cause he's not down for the struggle. He does not have that in his roots.

Rush Limbaugh

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The passion for destruction is also a creative passion.

Mikhail Bakunin

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I love working with my friends.

Martin Starr

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I don't just throw out microwave records.

Missy Elliott

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In 'Bunny,' I have got my dialogues - almost 80 per cent of my shots were okayed in a single take. I did put in effort and did a lot of homework.

Allu Arjun

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Babies and young children are like the research and development division of the human species, and we grown-ups are production and marketing.

Alison Gopnik

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