N. K. Jemisin Quotes

Knowing about authors' beliefs helps you understand how those beliefs influence their writing, and things you thought meant one thing, once you've got enough information about that writer, you suddenly realize mean an entirely different thing. That makes a difference.

N. K. Jemisin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WritingInfluenceThoughtEnoughYou

There's very little advice in men's magazines, because men don't think there's a lot they don't know. Women do. Women want to learn. Men think, 'I know what I'm doing, just show me somebody naked.'

Jerry Seinfeld

WomenMenMeThinkAdviceLearn

I started out young and idealistic, and it was all about social justice and fair distribution of resources. I didn't understand why everybody couldn't be equally prosperous.

John Mackey

JusticeYoungWhyUnderstandFair

If you have the 'Total Information Awareness' project working, it might be relatively easy to find everyone who had bought more than a ton of fertilizer and 500 gallons of diesel in the last year, which would be a great way of spotting potential Tim McVeighs - but it would also spot half the farmers and ranchers in America.

John Perry Barlow

GreatPotentialAmericaYearYou

Zombies are a fairly new addition to the cannon of monsterdom. Really, the modern zombie goes back just to the 'Night of the Living Dead.' There's a ton of material out there, but it seems like there's not a lot of diversity out there.

Steve Hockensmith

DiversityNightBackNewLivingOut

Babe Ruth was not afraid to strike out. And it was this fearlessness that contributed to his remarkable career.

Simon Sinek

CareerStrikeAfraidOutBabe Ruth

I've had Jo-Jo the Dog-Faced Boy as a tag-team partner.

Roddy Piper

PartnerBoyHad

Being the only African American at this level in American Ballet Theater, I feel like people are looking at me, and it's my responsibility for me to do whatever I can to provide these opportunities in communities to be able to educate them.

Misty Copeland

ResponsibilityPeopleMeLooking

There is no disillusionment about India as far as I am concerned. There could never come a time when I would get disillusioned with my own country.

Dilip Kumar

TimeI AmCountryIndiaMy OwnOwn

I think that Silicon Valley and technology can play a huge role in redefining what community looks like and how people come together and what authentic relationships look like, but that is not only their burden.

DeRay Mckesson

TechnologyCommunityTogetherPeople

It's interesting that there are only two groups of people in our country who are not held accountable for their behavior or decisions. One is exempted by the constitution, and that is foreign diplomats. The other, through a loophole, is HMOs.

Debbie Stabenow

PeopleConstitutionBehaviorCountry

The most important thing for small businesses is getting the economy back on its feet. That - the key driver of small business activity is demand for their product, and that is what we are trying to do, getting the economy back on its feet. That's far more important than other factors.

Peter Orszag

BusinessSmallFeetKeyTryingBack

We're the only species who hunts for sport.

Peter Steele

OnlyWhoSpeciesSport

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