N. K. Jemisin Quotes
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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Bodhisattva is enlightened in the Buddhist philosophy, religion, tradition. He's enlightened. It's fine - I don't really fight it - but many people use the term 'zen' and terms like 'nirvana,' 'enlightenment' in an almost superficial way. It's not that complicated.
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The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth.
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I don't know how to ground myself without the other actor present.
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In the process of evolution, the body lasts for some time and then will take other body and take other body and take other body until the final redemption from diversity is transcended.
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I had no idea about nutrition. I thought by eating salads you'll stay skinny.
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I'm a big believer in the power of visualizations. And so are neuroscientists. Numerous studies have proven how merely imagining positive circumstances sends blood flowing from negative brain regions to positive ones.
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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn't feel right to me – ever.
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The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.
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'Power Play' is a morality tale for our post-Enron world and - not incidentally - wildly entertaining. Nothing wrong with that.
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I'm not in front of the camera, they are. I encourage them; I build up as much of their confidence and ego as possible. They've got to take control; I can't act it out.
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I'm an optimist, but an optimist who carries a raincoat.
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Children find prescriptive reading lists daunting, and they are a dangerous thing to have in schools.
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I feel no compulsion to be a pundit. As a matter of fact, I really don't have that much to say about most things. Working with hard news satisfies me completely.
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It's part of the magic of 'Game of Thrones,' all the secrets.
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That's a real problem when people bring exotics into their homes. Sometimes it's by accident, but sometimes it's on purpose.
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We must show there is good in society. If you read the newspapers, you think there are only crooks in this world, but that's not true.
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I think comedy is funnier when it's real.
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Once I get into the locker room, I turn on stuff to get me hyped up. Mainly, it's a lot of rap music.
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High heels empower women in a way.
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With marathon swimming, I think you have to use your head more than you do in pool events, which are more automatic. You can just go out and replicate your training pace in competition. With the marathon, though, you have to contend with nature, physical contact, and time.
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The most important metrics are did we execute the way in which we said we would, and did we deliver the value to the business that we had promised?
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It is important to appreciate beauty, even when it is evil.
