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.
Quotes to Explore
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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.
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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.
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I don't want to be a grown-up anymore; it's hard!
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My favorite animal is a polar bear. They're going extinct, and I really don't want that to happen.
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I'm not trying to be Mr. Universe, but I want to stay in shape.
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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.
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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.
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I want to describe the psychological state of the people in a certain city.
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I really like boats. If you want to go somewhere, you just take your house with you.
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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.
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I want to give my six hours of serious cricket on the ground and then take whatever the result.
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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.
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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.
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All serial killers want to win. They choose victims they can kill successfully.
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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.
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Chinese people themselves, they really want change.
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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.
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What do we want our kids to do? Sweep up around Japanese computers?
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I don't want to sound like some grumpy old man telling you to get off my lawn.
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If the perpetrators of the World Trade Center plane crashes had a nuclear weapon, there's no doubt in my mind but that they would've detonated it in New York.
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One of the most important things for an actor is to observe humanity.
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One of the most important things I'm glad we did and am proud of is that we don't have any real grass on our property. It might not be realistic to ask people to pull out their grass, but we'll never have to think about it. We used Smart Grass, and I think it looks beautiful.
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I think I didn't know whether I wanted to keep acting deep into my career. I kept trying to see if I would be able to do it well enough to make that part of my destiny or part of what I was supposed to do.
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First we only want to be seen, but once we’re seen, that’s not enough anymore. After that, we want to be remembered.
