Ory Okolloh Quotes

I think a lot of Africans in my generation, and especially those of us who have spent time overseas before coming back, are quite comfortable moving between the two worlds, though always with a lens of, 'What can we do to help our countries or regions?'

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• If I could look like anyone, it would be Jamie Redknapp - even up close, he's amazing.

  

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• The resolution has made a real threat of war go away and opens the way for further work in the interests of a political- diplomatic settlement of the situation around Iraq.

  

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• If you look at the very best presidents, the most effective presidents, they were always decent salespeople. Ronald Reagan was an extremely effective salesman, very tuned to the people he was selling to, very clear in what he was selling, very resilient and buoyant.

  

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• An actor has to embody a role.

  

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• We started with things like locating ski runs or locating a transmission line corridor or locating a new town or doing a coastal zone plan. We ourselves weren't doing the planning work, but we were doing all the mapping work for the landscape architects and planners who would subsequently incorporate the maps into their actual designs.

  

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• Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.

  

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• I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else.

  

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• With its imagination and large sales, Apple has become the world's most valuable IT company. However people are starting to have doubts regarding Apple's silence on heavy metal pollution problems.

  

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• All kids are selfish. I wanted to do homework and do my thing and call my agent. My mother's needs weren't in my mind at that moment.

  

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• I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.

  

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• Be these people either Conservatives or Socialists, Yellows or Reds, the most important thing is - and that is the point I want to stress - that all of them are right in the plain and moral sense of the word.

  

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• I had a very happy childhood, which is unsuitable if you're going to be an Irish writer.

  

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• Fallible characters are more interesting than superheroes in the end.

  

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• I have the rare privilege of talking to my dad every night at 10 p.m. and hearing about what he did that day.

  

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• Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.

  

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• Neither does man have gills for living in a water environment; yet it is not sinful to explore the depths of the oceans in search of food or other blessings.

  

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• The turning point was when I hit my 30th birthday. I thought, if really want to write, it's time to start. I picked up the book How to Write a Novel in 90 Days. The author said to just write three pages a day, and I figured, I can do this. I never got past Page 3 of that book.

  

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• Some incubators, like Y Combinator and TechStars, were started by successful entrepreneurs wishing to help the next generation learn from their experiences. Other programs, such as Viterbi Startup Garage and Austin Technology Incubator, were created by universities to help young entrepreneurs bridge the knowledge gap from student to funded company.

  

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• Whenever I dream about flying, it's the best feeling in the world.

  

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• Where most politicians would have abandoned a supporter like Jeremiah Wright and the community he served, Obama, while strongly criticizing him, did not throw his friend overboard.

  

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• We are all born as empty vessels which can be shaped by moral values.

  

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• I think a lot of Africans in my generation, and especially those of us who have spent time overseas before coming back, are quite comfortable moving between the two worlds, though always with a lens of, 'What can we do to help our countries or regions?'

  

  Ory Okolloh
  • Time
  • Help
  • Moving