N. K. Jemisin Quotes
So here is why I write what I do: We all have futures. We all have pasts. We all have stories. And we all, every single one of us, no matter who we are and no matter what’s been taken from us or what poison we’ve internalized or how hard we’ve had to work to expel it – – we all get to dream.
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The learned man knows that he is ignorant.
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Everyone should be commended for allowing people to make disasters, to make failures - you've just got to be sure that it's a magnificent failure and that, by creating a magnificent failure, you plant the seed.
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On the whole, it is the rights and freedoms of all citizens that are crucial in Saudi Arabia and from those the rights of women will emanate.
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On a large scale, people aren't going to cut back how much they use. That's a pipe dream. If anything, as the developing world gets richer, the world's going to consume more - more cars, bigger homes, more energy, more water, more food.
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Suning Appliance has no problem of financial risk. Do you think I'm risky? I'm definitely not risky.
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I was elected on April 13 and sworn in two days later, so I had no orientation. I had to figure things out as I went along.
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I know you can be up one minute and drop the next, so I'm trying to maintain a steady course so I can have some longevity.
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The physician must give heed to the region in which the patient lives, that is to say, to its type and peculiarities.
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One of two historically African American communities that sprang up along the Mississippi Gulf Coast after emancipation, North Gulfport has always been a place where residents have had fewer civic resources than those extended to other outlying communities.
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Usually, it's the guys who want to get better so they can get more playing time who are always in the gym.
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Anybody that's been in an election, you're always looking to get the upper hand.
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A rich, robust, well-resourced public education is one of the best routes out of poverty and a pathway to prosperity.
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Music is such a part of my soul.
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Care for life and physical health, with due regard for the needs of others and the common good, is concomitant with respect for human dignity.
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I like doing my own stunts.
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There is nothing more exciting than having a life devoted to fundamental knowledge and to contributing to advance the borders of knowledge.
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Everything is a narrative in life. I learned that early on as a reporter at the 'Washington Post.'
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Modern medical advances have helped millions of people live longer, healthier lives. We owe these improvements to decades of investment in medical research.
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I am not a black artist, I am an artist.
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Those who don’t have a dream, it’s okay, it’s okay if you don’t have a dream. You just have to be happy.
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I like to pace onstage.
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So here is why I write what I do: We all have futures. We all have pasts. We all have stories. And we all, every single one of us, no matter who we are and no matter what’s been taken from us or what poison we’ve internalized or how hard we’ve had to work to expel it – – we all get to dream.
