N. K. Jemisin Quotes
I was beginning to understand, a little. 'Is that why you’re a usurer?'Madding chuckled. 'I prefer the term investor. And my rates are perfectly fair, thank you.''Drug dealer, then.''I prefer the term independent apothecary-'
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I went from living in the Dominican Republic - every day, my mom and I would cook, or we'd go hang out with the kids - to flying a private jet to Chicago with Zac Efron and Dennis Quaid. People had champagne, and they were going to these amazing restaurants. It was a culture shock. It's important, I think, to have that. To see both sides.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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Loser lit antiheroes aren't well intentioned or earnest; they don't care whether you like them or not. They're self-mocking, ironic and inventive; they narrate their downfalls with manic wordplay, rampant metaphors, wisecracks, and escalating flights of spleen-fueled lyricism.
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It makes no difference whether a work is naturalistic or abstract; every visual expression follows the same fundamental laws.
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In human years I am 29. In actress years I'm the ripe, promising age of 18 to 35. That's how it works here in Hollyweird.
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Movies I liked growing up were like Francis Ford Coppolla movies and Scorsese movies.
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The great thing about a culture of givers is that's not a delusion - it's reality.
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I think Hillary Clinton is a good and effective secretary of state.
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I just wanted to rollerblade at Union Square.
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It really comes down to being able to inspire others by being comfortable with yourself. You have to show girls that everyone is different; everyone has things they don't like, but they work it and walk the runway.
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I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening.
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If the Knesset is a temple, then Feiglin is the idol. A Knesset where Feiglin presides is an impure Knesset.
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I could sing in English before I could understand it because I phonetically learned it from the musicals.
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As humans, we're going to make mistakes. It's what makes us human, and most of the time, the most effective way of learning is from a mistake.
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Pop knew absolutely nothing about pro football.
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I was willing to accept what I couldn't change.
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I was raised a Christian. I'd like to think I have Christian values. I don't attend church.
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All the different nations in the world, despite their differences of appearance and religion and language and way of life, still have one thing in common, and that is what's inside of all of us. If we X-rayed the insides of different human beings, we wouldn't be able to tell from those X-rays what the person's language or background or race is.
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The role that I play as a lone striker, I enjoy it and particularly playing with great players.
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Technology will eventually destroy the way schools are run now.
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I really do not understand the members of my generation.
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I have always believed that the material world is governed by nonmaterial sources, so that in that sense 'English Music' is an exercise in the spiritual as well as the material. I have always been attracted to the Gothic and spiritual imagination, and I've always been interested in visionaries.
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My mum is very political - left wing - and my dad was in the advertising business. They were both from the East Coast: Boston and New York City, respectively.
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I was beginning to understand, a little. 'Is that why you’re a usurer?'Madding chuckled. 'I prefer the term investor. And my rates are perfectly fair, thank you.''Drug dealer, then.''I prefer the term independent apothecary-'
