N. K. Jemisin Quotes

I...regret...what I did. It was wrong. Very wrong. But regret is meaningless.

N. K. Jemisin

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• Every now and then I read a poem that does touch something in me, but I never turn to poetry for solace or pleasure in the way that I throw myself into prose.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Myself
  • Poetry
  • Now And Then

• I don't regret what I did in the Sixties. I was young and took myself terribly seriously. In the Seventies, I spent too much time in inner-party factional disputes.

  

  Tariq Ali
  • Time
  • Party
  • Myself

• I don't believe in regret.

  

  Sadie Jones
  • Believe
  • Regret

• I think I made essential a mistake in staying in movies, because I - but it's a mistake I can't regret, because it's like saying, 'I shouldn't have stayed married to that woman, but I did because I love her.'

  

  Orson Welles
  • Think
  • Woman
  • Mistake

• I regret that I have not written more, shouted louder, and acted out my beliefs.

  

  F. Sionil Jose
  • Regret
  • More
  • Beliefs

• I'm not a great writer.

  

  E. L. James
  • Great
  • Writer
  • Great Writer

• I don't think I understand the concept of regret. Because if I regret anything, that would mean, like, I hate myself.

  

  Tao Lin
  • Hate
  • Myself
  • Regret

• I wouldn't call Loopt a failure. It didn't turn out like I wanted, for sure, but it was fun, I learned a lot, and I made enough money to start investing, which led me to my current job. I don't regret it at all.

  

  Sam Altman
  • Money
  • Job
  • Fun

• Myself and David, we both love art. We have a lot of respect for Damien Hirst and Julian Schnabel, and we've met them both, and they're very interesting characters. I also have a lot of respect for the working women out there. As you know, it's not easy when you're looking after children and you have a career as well.

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
  • Art
  • Know
  • Respect

• I don't really mind not being a part of a film - because if there is no part for me, I will never force myself upon a film. I feel like it's just a distraction. If it is not organically incorporated into the story, it just feels like a stupid appearance, like a sort of wink. I hate that.

  

  Xavier Dolan
  • Mind
  • Hate
  • Myself

• My life was really focused on futbol, but as those things happen in life, my passion for music won over my passion for futbol. But I love what I do. I don't regret it.

  

  Maluma
  • Life
  • Music
  • Love

• This claustrophobia was the only weakness I had. It's not my fault. It's just in my mind.

  

  Felix Baumgartner
  • Mind
  • Weakness
  • Fault

• I don't go around thinking about regret; regret doesn't consume me as a person... I'm not certain about whether any writer, any artist, any musician, can write without regret, so I don't think perhaps it's even particularly Southern.

  

  Barry Hannah
  • Artist
  • Person
  • Regret

• I was going to record a solo album when I was 15 on a four-track. I started working on it, but then Fall Out Boy happened. The band was awesome and took me in a totally different direction. I don't regret it at all, but the band delayed the record I had been planning.

  

  Patrick Stump Fall Out Boy
  • Different
  • Me
  • Fall

• It's better to look ahead and prepare, than to look back and regret.

  

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee
  • Better
  • Regret
  • Prepare

• I don't regret not going to college. Students learn up to the age of 21, then stop. I'll always be learning - the things that really matter in life. How to sign on, how to get free food, how to be streetwise.

  

  Caitlin Moran
  • Life
  • Up
  • Age

• Actually, the only thing I regret is not making more underground films and bringing them with me as historical documents.

  

  Bahman Ghobadi
  • Me
  • Regret
  • More

• Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.

  

  Ramakrishna
  • True
  • Nature
  • Forgiveness

• ...the importance of leadership and what it consists of: not lecturing and posturing and demanding, but demonstrating that your friends will be protected and taken care of, that your enemies will be punished, and that those who refuse to support you will regret having done so.

  

  Paul Wolfowitz
  • Done
  • Friends
  • Support

• I don't feel like sitting around doing nothing would benefit me.

  

  Calvin Johnson
  • Me
  • Feel
  • Benefit

• The heroes of the present will retreat to the imitation they are anyhow.

  

  Charles Olson
  • Present

• Why go somewhere else and start up all over again?

  

  John Baldacci
  • Up
  • Why

• I...regret...what I did. It was wrong. Very wrong. But regret is meaningless.

  

  N. K. Jemisin
  • Regret