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Lydia Millet Quotes

Snark describes a cynical position, and I'm not interested in that.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: December 5, 1968

Topics

Position Cynical Not Interested

When your dad comes back from a faraway land with bows and arrows and spears wrapped up in a carpet... that's cool.

Cool Back Land Up Carpet Arrows

It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisition of 'culture.'

Music Culture Better Entertainment

Before I broke my back, I was really looking forward to playing hockey at the University of Michigan. That was my biggest goal.

Looking Forward Looking Forward Goal

We have found a direct correlation between grit and positive emotions, but the fact that I have no evidence that grit is bad for you doesn't mean it's not. It's always a possibility that in the future researchers will discover a downside to grit.

Angela Duckworth

Positive Future Grit You Bad Mean

I know that some of the spiritual beliefs that I have are that if I come from a place of love, and I try to get out of my ego and my desire to want more and be selfish in any shape or form, then whatever I'm doing is not good.

Love Good Spiritual Ego Selfish

I've made over 20 movies, and 5 of them are good.

Good Movies Over Made Them

I nearly died of double bronchial pneumonia at the age of five.

Age Double Five Pneumonia Nearly

I was all personality and no talent.

Personality Talent No Talent

I never looked or really believed that music should be categorized into particular genres.

Music Never Should Really Believed

When I was a kid, I always wanted to dye my hair crazy colors.

Crazy Colors Hair Kid Always Wanted

I was born and raised a Christian, and I still adhere to those principles.

Christian Born Principles I Was Born

There is no point mucking around and saying we are just going to have one or two shops and that's it... we are going to reach, you know, 40 shops around the world. I want 150 shops in China.

World Saying Reach You Know Want

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