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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I want variety. I certainly don't want any kind of hype if I can avoid it. I'm trying to play parts which are a little more out there, but I want variety, I suppose, because - like a lot of people - I'm easily bored.
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Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.
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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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Some people feel good about helping others, and they do so often. They do not realize that their good deeds have a second agenda. They want to be appreciated.
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I want to describe the psychological state of the people in a certain city.
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I have already seen death, and I know that death is supporting me in my cause of education. Death does not want to kill me.
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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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When I want a long ball, I spin my hips faster.
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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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Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be.
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The big talent is persistence.
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What will the world be quite overturned when you die?
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Kosovo is a small country but it also has a lot of riches that were granted to us by God.
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Everybody must seem crazy if you see deep enough into their minds.
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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.
