N. K. Jemisin Quotes

Actual Victorian mores and politics were a reaction to a specific series of historical events, technological and scientific developments, and ethical trends in which the commodification of people was de rigueur.

N. K. Jemisin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself.

John Locke

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I am not sultry. I don't know what I am.

Anita Morris

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I think some of the best reporters are the ones who can really illustrate the differences between societies, at the same time trying to connect the fact that there are a lot of shared values in addition to those differences.

John Pomfret

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The book that made me cry hardest was 'Stoner,' by John Williams.

Stephen McCauley

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I think students should know something about religion as a historical phenomenon, in the same way that they should know something about socialism and humanism and the other great ideas that have shaped political philosophies and therefore the course of human events.

Steven Pinker

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While Pickstown may not be what it once was, it still is framed by the natural beauty of the ancient river, the sweep of the Great Plains, and the long, unbroken shoreline of the lake behind the dam. It gave me a 19th-century childhood in a modern mid-20th-century town, and for that I will always be grateful.

Tom Brokaw

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People do think I'm Jewish. But we're Irish Catholic. My father had a brogue.

Martin Short

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I'm not going to give President Bush any advice. He knows. He knows what I think.

Jose Maria Aznar

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St. Tropez has a face glow that is amazing - you can put it on without makeup, and your skin just glows.

Chrissy Teigen

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Asking for people's help - rather than directing it - is almost always the smart way of doing things, regardless of the stakes.

Brian Grazer

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I knew I wasn't going to play professional basketball.

Bob McNair

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My books are about losers, about people who've lost their way and are engaged in a search.

Antonio Tabucchi

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