Helen Oyeyemi Quotes

I do tend to feel more connected to dead writers, perhaps because they have finished their work.

Helen Oyeyemi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WorkFeelConnectedDeadMoreTend

I am on sabbatical as of right now, been too busy to think of about my OWN needs as of late.

Jim Diamond

I AmBusyThinkLateNowMy Own

Depression is real, and that really hit me hard. I was going through a phase where I wasn't talking to no one. Only my son. Me and my son would do stuff, but I was talking to no one.

Max Holloway

SonDepressionMeTalkingHardReal

I happen to be really a romantic.

Amanda Seyfried

RomanticHappenReally

This black hole that people talk about in my career in the '70s, when I didn't make any films - in retrospect, what I was doing was learning my job.

Stephen Frears

LearningJobPeopleBlackDoing

Le Mans is such a great race because you can never do anything alone. You have to work as a team member. And being a team member makes you a better person.

Tom Kristensen

WorkAloneGreatTeamBetter Person

I left L.A. and moved to Cleveland for four years in the early 2000s or whatever. I came back and thought that everything had changed. I was like, 'Oh my God, I don't think I ever fit in here. And wait, who are all of these celebrities that are not actors? Where did all of the actors go?'

Monica Potter

GodWaitThinkThoughtBackEarly

We live in a time when fictitious election results elect a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons.

Michael Moore

LiveTimeManWarResultsElection

God wants to help us... He loves us... we are His children. But He will not force His help on us at any time. He sees us when we struggle and fight and complain our way through things. And I believe it breaks His heart, when all we have to do is ask Him for help.

Joyce Meyer

GodHeartChildrenTimeStruggle

Technology is the fashion of the '90s. It affects everyone, and everyone is interested in it - either from fear of being left behind or because they have a real need to use technology.

Jay Chiat

FearTechnologyFashionNeedReal

It's been a big flaw of ours in the soccer department that a lot of our best athletes go and play other sports. But I think young players have seen me, and others, go over to Europe and play in some of the best leagues - and MLS is improving so much, too.

Christian Pulisic

SportsBestMeThinkSoccerPlay

You have to start laughing at yourself at some point.

Christine McVie

YourselfStartYouPointLaughing

I feel like it's important for me to expand, to create my own label. With a label, I can just give someone the opportunity that I was given, you know? That's what it's all about, just helping.

Playboi Carti

OpportunityMeFeelSomeoneYou

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