N. K. Jemisin Quotes

It's the way the human brain works: when enough events occur in a pattern, we stop thinking and go into macro mode.

N. K. Jemisin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 19, 1972

Topics

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And now, I still really don't care that much but now I have music playing all the time at home, which is a first for me. Whatever. Everything from Ani DiFranco to Dave Matthews to Jack Johnson and Norah Jones.

Jennifer Garner

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Everyone knows that a federal job is a lifetime job, and for many in Congress, it seems they have a lifetime job, too.

John McAfee

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If the worst that happens is that I wake up and see a picture of myself and a headline saying, 'He wasn't very funny last night', then I've got nothing to complain about.

Matt Lucas

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Ironically, it is exactly because we are a city that embraces freedom, that welcomes everyone and encourages their dreams, that New York remains on the front lines in the war on terror.

Michael Bloomberg

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George Harrison was also a pleasure to work with. He was one of the most famous people I've ever known, but in spite of that fame, he was such a nice and friendly guy.

Alvin Lee

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I don't think there is ever objective biography. Our vision of our subject is always shaped by who we are. So I do, of course, think the biographer's view is always something to keep in mind.

Stacy Schiff

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Most of our social nature is like that of other primates - we're mostly out for ourselves.

Jonathan Haidt

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The whole point of comedy, what's fun, is taking the stupid thought I had and working it into something that makes a bunch of people laugh.

Chris Cubas

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Pep Guardiola sees things before they happen, and that's an advantage - a massive plus.

David Silva

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I have ideas every day, and if I'm not carrying a pad of paper, I'm typing it into the notes thing on my iPhone, and it's just ridiculous - idle hands are the devil's plaything, and I can't be the devil's plaything. I got to be the devil; I got to be the guy making it all happen.

Corey Taylor

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I do notice that when I've been away and I come back to London. People look at you. People are ready to pick arguments.

Colin Firth

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Chadron had a water tower, grain elevators, a tanning salon, a video rental store, a small liberal arts college, a Hardee's, a stoplight, and a curling yellow sign in the pet store window that read, 'Hamsters and Tarantulas Featured Today.'

Poe Ballantine

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