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" African elephants have long been thought of as a single species, but a critical mass of genetic studies now proves there are two. "
Lydia Millet
Two
Single
Been
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" After numerous generations of people dedicated to killing wolves on the North American continent, one generation devoted itself to letting wolves live. "
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Live
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" The male domination and chauvinism of the comics form is either being wittily lampooned in 'Watchmen' or handily perpetuated, depending on whom you ask. "
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Being
You
Either
" 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. "
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Courage
Teach
Curiosity
" The question of one versus two species of African elephants isn't about settling an arcane DNA argument; it's about life or death for these majestic, extraordinary creatures. "
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Life
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" I love irony. "
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Love
I Love
Irony
" People from the rest of the state tend to hate Phoenix, with that typical resentment of the boroughs and the towns for the big city. "
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Hate
People
Resentment
" Fiction should be an ethically safe space, free of fancy ideas. It should be dedicated modestly to relationships or escapism or the needs of luscious voyeurs. "
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Space
Relationships
" The Safari Club International has worked the legal system hard to try to keep polar bears - threatened primarily by climate change, but also by hunting - on the list of creatures people can import as trophies after shooting. "
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Legal
" If Oak Flat were a Christian holy site or, for that matter, Jewish or Muslim, no senator who wished to remain in office would dare to sneak a backdoor deal for its destruction into a spending bill - no matter what mining-company profits or jobs might result. But this is Indian religion. "
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Oak
Result
Office
" I've always been interested in obsessive, insane people. "
Lydia Millet
People
Insane
Always
" When I was 16, I went to Berlin - West Berlin, since at that time a wall still divided the city - to live for three months with a family on an exchange program. "
Lydia Millet
Three
Time
City
" I'm for any woman who loves sloths. "
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Loves
Who
Woman
" The Free Body Culture gave me a gift I might never have received had I refused to play along. It left me with an acute sense of the absurd - one I still cherish - to be there among my fellow apes, awkward and less than half-willing, aiming and missing, leaping, landing and wincing. "
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Play
Free
Gift
" When it comes to American Indians, mainstream America suffers from willful blindness. "
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America
American
Blindness
" I've always wondered: is there really any access to the White House? "
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Any
White House
White
" Oil drilling and coal mining are killing endangered wildlife, polluting rivers, creating smog over wilderness areas and blocking wildlife corridors in America's most treasured landscapes. "
Lydia Millet
Wildlife
Wilderness
Creating
" You're lucky if people like your book, and the more people that like it, the luckier I feel. "
Lydia Millet
People
Book
Feel
" In Hiroshima, bombed Aug. 6, 1945, no warning was given of the air attack, and thus no escape was possible for the mostly women, children and old people who fell victim. "
Lydia Millet
Victim
Women
Children
" People who are obsessed amuse me. "
Lydia Millet
Obsessed
Who
People
" If I can't find a way to love it, I let it go. Kind of the opposite of the popular homily. "
Lydia Millet
Find
Love
Opposite
" I'm not calculating enough in the way I approach writing. "
Lydia Millet
Way
Enough
Approach
" My motto is, if you love something, don't set it free. No matter how hard it struggles. That would be stupid. "
Lydia Millet
Stupid
Matter
Motto
" What makes 'The Lorax' such a powerful fable is partly its shamelessness. It pulls no punches; it wears its teacher heart on its sleeve. "
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Makes
" There is a lot of contradictions of mermaids as a symbol. I'm always interested in contradictions. "
Lydia Millet
Interested
Contradictions
Always
" You need not fear my extinction. Fear my proliferation! I've already reproduced! "
Lydia Millet
Fear
Need
You
" I used to try to write around the edges, but now I try to walk a more direct line. "
Lydia Millet
Used
Try
Now
" I've seen a few wild grizzly bears, mostly in Alaska and British Columbia, and always from a distance. But each grizzly I've caught sight of was as fearsome and sublime as the last. You never get used to their raw power and massive bodies, or the mysterious intelligence in their dark, close-set eyes. "
Lydia Millet
Power
Dark
You
" I came to understand that a German nudist, in 1984, loved little more than to work on his or her tan. "
Lydia Millet
Loved
Understand
Her
" In the 1970s, Safari Club International asked the federal government to approve its import of 1,125 not-yet-killed trophies of 40 endangered species, including gorillas, orangutans and tigers, according to the Humane Society of the United States. "
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Club
United States
Society
" I think that young readers have very strong stomachs. "
Lydia Millet
I Think
Think
Strong