If you'd only let me come by myself, none of this would have happened. Having you around makes everything worse.'
She buried her head under her pillow. 'Stop it! you're so cold! You're heartless, you little robot!' The pillow muffled her words, but they still stung.
'I feel things,' I said. 'I'm not a robot!' I stamped my foot and screamed. Then I burst into tears. I touched the wet little drops and held them toward her. 'See, I'm not a robot. This is proof.


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I am committed to the idea of information politics. That is how contemporary politics are played out...
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I used to have a lovely Chelsea loft - then I got divorced.
NATALIE JEREMIJENKO
Juggling many projects and having all these accidental collisions that you can't predict enables...
NATALIE JEREMIJENKO
I watch children a great deal; their idea is that rules are always negotiable, whereas you absolutel...
NATALIE JEREMIJENKO
There's nothing wrong with being anthropomorphic. That's how we understand the world.
NATALIE JEREMIJENKO
This whole idea that we address environmental issues by not doing stuff just doesn't work.
NATALIE JEREMIJENKO
I created a successful outdoor youth festival - the Liverd festival - against all good advice. It wa...
NATALIE JEREMIJENKO
Are kids smarter than adults? All evidence points to that being true.
NATALIE JEREMIJENKO
Wealth and vegetation go together, and that exacerbates environmental injustice. The poor bear the b...
NATALIE JEREMIJENKO
A lot of my work concerns a crisis of agency - what can we do?
NATALIE JEREMIJENKO
Information is not just something you download from the Web. The way trees grow and where birds choo...
NATALIE JEREMIJENKO
Experimenting with your own life is the most fundamental medium we have.
NATALIE JEREMIJENKO
In Yellowstone National Park, there are more 'do not feed the animals' signs than there are ...
NATALIE JEREMIJENKO
We ignore slow environmental changes unless they are crisis-driven, such as hurricanes in Florida.
NATALIE JEREMIJENKO
The success of Torn was a bit too much for me. I took a year off and was still scared to start the s...
NATALIE IMBRUGLIA
It's good to have to put yourself in someone else's skin. It's all-consuming.
NATALIE IMBRUGLIA
I'm a perfectionist.
NATALIE IMBRUGLIA
You're only as good as your last record and you could get dropped.
NATALIE IMBRUGLIA
When I'm passionate about something, I just get excited.
NATALIE IMBRUGLIA
Isolation is a big part of songwriting.
NATALIE IMBRUGLIA
I'm quite confident with the way that I look but you find something else to focus on don't y...
NATALIE IMBRUGLIA
I seem to have very polite fans, not fanatical ones.
NATALIE IMBRUGLIA
I would have been happy to have waited till I was in my mid- to late-30s before I got married, but y...
NATALIE IMBRUGLIA
I've done a lot of partying in my time because I didn't want to go home and I didn't kno...
NATALIE IMBRUGLIA
Happy songs are very difficult to write. How many truly great upbeat songs are there?
NATALIE IMBRUGLIA
Generally I can sleep any time, anywhere, any place, unless I'm anxious about work. I can get pe...
NATALIE IMBRUGLIA
My kitchen bench is covered with vitamins and protein powders. I go through phases when I'm sure...
NATALIE IMBRUGLIA
I can understand why some people might look at me and say, 'What's she got to be depressed a...
NATALIE IMBRUGLIA
Saving animals is as simple as choosing synthetic alternatives instead of real fur.
NATALIE IMBRUGLIA
I am such a bad liar. I would like to lie, though.
NATALIE IMBRUGLIA
Enjoy every moment: you never know when things might change.
NATALIE IMBRUGLIA
I've always been drawn to the four-leaf clover. It's deeply significant to my sister and me,...
NATALIE IMBRUGLIA
My mum said I told her I wanted to be a hairdresser during the week and a star on the weekend and th...
NATALIE IMBRUGLIA
I'm such a chameleon. I never get bored.
NATALIE IMBRUGLIA
I like singer-songwriters, and I find sad songs comforting rather than depressing. It makes you real...
NATALIE IMBRUGLIA
I'm not a nightclub person, but you need to have a social life sometimes.
NATALIE IMBRUGLIA