Helen Oyeyemi Quotes

I tend to prioritize emotional realism above the known laws of time and space, and when you do that, it's inevitable that strange things happen. Which can be quite enjoyable, I think.

Helen Oyeyemi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: December 10, 1984

Topics

TimeSpaceThinkYouThings Happen

I've been really, really fortunate.

Joe Biden

FortunateBeenReally

I had a hard time at Chelsea mainly because I was injured much of the time. Every time I recovered from one injury I seemed to get a new one and it set me back again.

Andriy Shevchenko

TimeMeBackNewHardGet

The movie industry used to be completely accessible. We all knew people in it, and nobody made a big fuss.

Stefanie Powers

PeopleNobodyBigIndustryUsed

I always do things that are not the flavour of the season. And that's why people like me.

Sonam Kapoor

PeopleMeWhyAlwaysThingsSeason

Maybe nature is fundamentally ugly, chaotic and complicated. But if it's like that, then I want out.

Steven Weinberg

NatureUglyComplicatedWantOut

The auto industry must acknowledge that a rational transportation policy should seek a balance between individual convenience, the efficient use of limited resources, and urban-living values that protect spaciousness, natural beauty, and human-scale mobility.

Stewart Udall

BeautyBalanceNatural BeautyValues

We have to push aside what generally concerns us most in our thought life, namely, the content of our thoughts, and learn instead to make conscious use of the element of will in our thinking.

Rudolf Steiner

LifeThoughtsThinkingThoughtPush

I actually wasn't really the class clown growing up. The class clown was always the mean guy who walked up and was like, 'You're fat. You're gay. I'm outta here!' I was always more kind of awkward and introspective.

Mike Birbiglia

Growing UpFatYouGayGrowingKind

Guys don't really don't wanna hear if it's really smart, and women feel uncomfortable if you reveal stuff they're going to have to remember they did themselves.

Liz Phair

WomenSmartRememberUncomfortable

I wasn't in any way a kind of soothsayer or not surprised when Sept. 11 happened. I was absolutely shocked.

Jon Ronson

KindWayAbsolutelyShockedHappened

I guess I've just always had an entrepreneurial spirit.

Jon Taffer

SpiritAlwaysJustEntrepreneurial

An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience.

Don Marquis

ExperienceNeverOptimistGuyMuch

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