Helen Oyeyemi Quotes

I don't feel there's a difference between the real world and the fairy-tale world. They contain psychological truths and, I guess, projections of what the culture that tells them thinks about various things: men, women, aging, dying - the most basic aspects of being human.

Helen Oyeyemi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WomenCultureMenAgingWorldFeel

When I see how fast technology is advancing, my mind thinks of evolution and how organisms also have to evolve or adapt in order to, in their case, survive.

Tony DiTerlizzi

TechnologyMindSurviveEvolution

I'm very self conscious in a bikini, and I would never get my tummy out onstage.

Mollie King

SelfNeverOutGetWouldBikini

Football coaches don't have real problems.

Lou Holtz

FootballProblemsRealCoaches

For me, love is not about froufrou New Age-ism. It's about a way of living and honoring the interconnectedness of life and accepting our responsibility and our power to change the world for the better.

Julia Butterfly Hill

LifeLoveChangePowerLove IsMe

I like the challenge of trying different things and wondering whether it's going to work or whether I'm going to fall flat on my face.

Johnny Depp

WorkChallengeFaceTryingFall

I think most people will tell you that. They can go along and, while they're denying that they are addicted, say it's stress this, it's this, it's that. But I - it's - I think - I really believe there is a gene. Some people become addicted and others don't.

Dick Van Dyke

StressPeopleBelieveThinkYouGo

Bottom line is, work ethic equals dreams, and I am walking proof that that's a fact.

Diamond Dallas Page

WorkDreamsI AmWork EthicWalking

In my life, I've seen enormous increase in the consumption of poetry. When I was young, there were virtually no poetry readings.

Donald Hall

LifePoetryMy LifeYoungSeenWere

You go into an audition, you're either the one or you're not, and if you're not, you go home. And I kind of like that. If you're really good, and you're the best guy in the room that day, you get the job.

Bryan Callen

GoodHomeBestDayJobYou

I like arguments.

Prince

Like

As far as more recognition goes, I am happy with the amount of love and respect I have received from other artists and the public. Of course, I would love more, and think I deserve it.

Suzi Quatro

LoveRespectI AmHappyThinkMore

All human kingship risks a denial of the sovereignty of God.

Peter Hollingworth

GodRisksHumanDenialSovereignty

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