N. K. Jemisin Quotes
If the first words out of your mouth are to cry 'political correctness!', ... chances are very, very high that you are in fact part of the problem.
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I've always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn't overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn't ambitious.
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I think I'm a critic of corporate power, whether locally or globally. And the term 'globalization' I've never found all that helpful.
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
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For me, the Congress party is now my life, the people of India are my life, and I will fight for the people of India and for this party.
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Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.
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I used to enjoy bad television, like really bad quiz programmes or sitcoms.
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Over a period of 11 months, I was constantly afraid that Youth Care would lock me up. It was all a frightening and traumatic experience. So often, these terrible memories come to me. I can't ignore them.
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I'll always love rap, no matter what's going on.
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I love the sense of how time passes when I'm acting. When you're not aware of the clock ticking, that is always a good sign you're enjoying something.
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I think I'm very interested in people, in the way our minds work and how we navigate through the experience that is life. Very interested in people's struggles and their choices and their regrets and joys. I'm very interested in the human animal.
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Certainly, I've loved musicals for a while, so I did some short films in college that had musical numbers and things like that, so I've kind of been obsessed with Fred and Ginger and Vincente Minnelli and Stanley Donen and Jaques Demy forever.
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One of the things that may appeal to teenagers is that vampires never change - they're frozen in that age.
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The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.
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Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business. Large stores, gilt signs, flaming advertisements, will all prove unavailing if you or your employees treat your patrons abruptly. The truth is, the more kind and liberal a man is, the more generous will be the patronage bestowed upon him.
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Cursed is the man who dies, but the evil done by him survives.
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I'm the sort of person who doesn't write in ink. I only write in pencil, so it can be rubbed out.
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When the party gives me a responsibility, I must do it with complete dedication. God has given me the ability, which I utilise to its optimum.
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I am not saying one is better than the other. I enjoy both. But Hollywood is far more organised than Bollywood.
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Strangely, charity sometimes gets dismissed, as if it is ineffective, inappropriate or even somehow demeaning to the recipient. 'This isn't charity,' some donors take pains to claim, 'This is an investment.' Let us recognize charity for what it is at heart: a noble enterprise aimed at bettering the human condition.
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'Go Tell It on the Mountain,' its pages heavy with sinners brought low and prayers groaning on the wind, scared me when I read it as a teenager.
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I have a tendency to check out when the stakes are too high in a movie.
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John Spratt did a great job of constituent service. When somebody had a problem, he would jump on it. The reason I ran against him was that he was one way in the district and then when he got to Washington, he voted the opposite.
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If the first words out of your mouth are to cry 'political correctness!', ... chances are very, very high that you are in fact part of the problem.
