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- Nov 07, 2020
Think Quotes
Quotes that share what people really think.
Many quotes here open with a direct 'I think,' offering personal beliefs - some lighthearted, like using comedy as a defense, others sobering, including grim predictions about where humanity is headed. A few weigh in on cryptography and the future of communication, a subject also touched on in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I'm like the kid who loved hip hop, and all of a sudden - I don't know what it was - it started to put me in positions to do great things.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whenever I think I'm going to get certain information out of a person, it's never as effective or comfortable as just having an open conversation, listening to them, being present, and being open to hearing something I didn't even know they were going to say.
- Sometimes
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think, as a writer, sometimes you do worry, 'Am I just writing, or am I putting the burden of African-Americans on my shoulder and carrying it?' But if we just write the stories that we're supposed to write, that's when we have the biggest impact.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that the more of us who take the time to understand how someone else is feeling, the more likely we are to resist alongside them.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
Bent Literary Agency had a Q&A on Twitter, and I took a chance and asked if the Black Lives Matter movement was an appropriate topic for a YA novel. Brooks Sherman, who is now my agent, responded that he didn't think any topics were inappropriate for YA. I remember being so terrified even just sending the tweet.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Especially for young POC, when we enter majority-white spaces, we feel the need to assimilate, to blend in, to prove ourselves. I don't think we discuss it enough.
- Internet
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- Nov 07, 2020
The transition from unknown to known-in-publishing has been empowering but also challenging. It's an honor to know that people actually want to know what I think about certain issues, but I also have to be careful about what I say or, rather, how I say it. The Internet is forever, y'all.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the more we see more officers holding each other accountable, the more we will see people trust cops in this country.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would like to trade places with my sister. I think that would be really interesting. She's three years younger than me, and she's a gymnast. She goes to gymnastics, like, every single day, and that's a whole other world to me, and I think that would be very interesting.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
A big way that I express myself is through what I wear and how I present myself. I think that's an important part of the characters that I play.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
A huge part of my identity is being a woman, and that's really important for me, and that's a big part of my self-expression, so I think it's really interesting sort of exploring what it means if someone doesn't have that.
- Globalization
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first thing we need to understand when we think about globalization is that it has benefited an enormous number of people who are not part of the global elite.
- Help
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Scotland, I was brought up to think of policemen as allies and to ask one for help when I needed it.
- I Think
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- Nov 07, 2020