Emily St. John Mandel Quotes
First we only want to be seen, but once we’re seen, that’s not enough anymore. After that, we want to be remembered.Emily St. John Mandel
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When readers close the covers on 'Running the Rift,' I want them to understand that it is not a genocide novel but rather a story of hope and rebirth.
Naomi Benaron -
Mindsets, skills and leadership, experience and access, and critical consciousness - we need all four of these things for our students to be the leaders, people and citizens we want them to be.
Wendy Kopp -
I don't want to be a grown-up anymore; it's hard!
Maddie Hasson -
My favorite animal is a polar bear. They're going extinct, and I really don't want that to happen.
Quvenzhane Wallis -
I'm not trying to be Mr. Universe, but I want to stay in shape.
Calvin Klein -
If you were to ask me what I want to do – I don't want to be a celebrity, I want to make a difference.
Lady Gaga
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When we want to have our own style of living, it is nobody's business but ours. What we do in private is our private business.
Eartha Kitt -
I want to describe the psychological state of the people in a certain city.
Orhan Pamuk -
I really like boats. If you want to go somewhere, you just take your house with you.
Laura Dekker -
There are days when I still want to be able to do what I want when I want, but there's also something wonderful about being secure.
K. D. Lang -
I want to give my six hours of serious cricket on the ground and then take whatever the result.
Sachin Tendulkar -
After you do this for a while, you get used to things not working the way you want them to. There's a job you want, and you don't get it. There's a movie you'd like to get made, and it doesn't get made. You become inured to it.
D. B. Weiss
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My dad read the Bible ten times, and I want to do it in my lifetime. But it's definitely tough getting through.
Pamela Anderson -
All serial killers want to win. They choose victims they can kill successfully.
Pat Brown -
Being a woman in country is really empowering. It's a genre where you can truly say whatever you want to say as long as you're 100% behind your message and who you are.
Madison Marlow -
Chinese people themselves, they really want change.
Dalai Lama -
I don't want to be just an average guy. I want to do whatever possible to win a lot of games. I'm a competitor.
Felix Hernandez -
What do we want our kids to do? Sweep up around Japanese computers?
Walter F. Mondale
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I think when you're looking for people to interview, you want to make it fair and honest. You're not just bringing people on so you can beat them up or, you know, make fools out of them or something.
Walter Isaacson -
Perhaps no other body of literature is as subject to political pressures from within the community as gay fiction.
Edmund White -
Is it security you want? There is no security at the top of the world.
Garet Garrett -
I never knew what basketball was. I started playing on the playground. People used to laugh at me and joke at me because I was so tall and I didn't know the game and couldn't play it.
Patrick Ewing -
First we only want to be seen, but once we’re seen, that’s not enough anymore. After that, we want to be remembered.
Emily St. John Mandel