Helen Oyeyemi Quotes

The way that people feel changes everything. Feelings are forces. They cause us to time travel. And to leave ourselves, to leave our bodies. I would be that kind of psychologist who says, 'You're absolutely right - there are monsters under the bed.'

Helen Oyeyemi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TimeTravelPeopleFeelYouKind

I was involved in some of the very first meetings that created the maps that showed what would happen if you had a Category 1, 2 or 3 hurricane in New York.

Joe Lhota

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My husband is a huge source of support and love.

Jennine Capó Crucet

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I'm very proud of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Andris Nelsons

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For me, as I suspect for most people, there comes a point where you have enough. If you've got £20 million, why keep going until you've got £100 million or £1,000 million? Does anyone need another vast yacht or private jet or a house full of gold?

Robert Harris

Keep GoingPeopleMeGoldEnough

I like to push myself, you know.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

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For me, faith is more about aspiration than complacency - the smug satisfaction that other people find distasteful.

Tom Hollander

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Writing humour certainly involves pain. A sitcom is 6 months of writing pain!

Miranda Hart

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Before any girl was making me her Man Crush Monday, I was a singer. Back before I had muscles, when I had a bird chest, I was a singer. I've always been like this, and I've gotten better because I've progressed.

Luke James

GirlBirdManMondayMeBetter

While I had no intention of ending the series after 'The Spellmans Strike Again,' I did close many doors in that book and, with the fifth one, I was opening a lot of doors and not finding anything behind them and then opening another door and another until I found something. It was a while before I found my stride.

Lisa Lutz

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I think we are living in selfish times. I'm the first one to say that I'm the most selfish. We live in the so-called 'first world,' and we may be first in a lot of things like technology, but we are behind in empathy.

Javier Bardem

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I hope it goes beyond meeting with them to a willingness to listen and compromise on issues.

Dennis Moore

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Modern warfare is by no means merely a matter of military operations. Economic affairs stand together with them in the first rank of the factors of importance.

Chiang Kai-shek

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