Ory Okolloh Quotes
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Quotes to Explore
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
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For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.
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I don't believe we have defined health care reform very well in this country.
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Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long as I was under the spell of a Stephen King or a Douglas Adams. Now I read in bed. I read at work. I read standing in line. It's like, 'Hello, my name is Nathan and I am a reader.'
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All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together.
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There's always going to be silly stuff out there in the media that you can't worry too much about, and I don't. We just keep on trucking, and I like the way my... I think there should be 'professional is professional, and personal is personal,' and that's just how I'm going to keep it.
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I don't know how anyone could stop working.
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My childhood was limited to mostly gospel music. We didn't have, like, a lot of records in our house, you know. It was like my grandparents who raised me. They were pretty old-fashioned in their religious ways, so it was like church, church, church, school, school, school.
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Those who get stuck doing the same things for too long are bound to get left behind the strong who press on and re-invent themselves.
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I always knew that I was going to be a writer. There was no question in my mind about that.
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The symbolic value of having an African-American president has certainly eased some racial tensions in America, but they're not gone.
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I used to hate working out - until I learned how to do it properly.
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I'm pretty obsessed with Stevie Nicks from her style to her voice. I like watching her on YouTube and her old performances, the way she moves and everything.
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It is users that are driving the networks with innovations on top of the networks and with innovations in the devices space. This is very healthy.
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My mother is a fighter. After she battled polio and learned to walk again, the doctors told her she would be a cripple her entire life. Instead of accepting defeat, she refused this fate and went on to become the West African Women's Singles tennis champion in college.
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I don't want to get fat.
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You have to captivate and entertain if you want your message to get across.
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I don't believe in hostile moves. I don't believe they carry any value.
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I love stories, and as I got older, I realized how important what happened yesterday is to how you try to make your present better.
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The Warren Court wasn't that radical. It didn't break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the founding fathers in the Constitution... I intend to succeed where they failed.
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I try to be as optimistic as I can. I feel like that's the beautiful thing about art and music. It can take you places, and they can be a positive influence. A very soothing influence. Honestly, I feel like there's enough pain and terrible things that happen in life. That's beautiful thing in art, you can really idealize things.
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Fiction is experimentation; when it ceases to be that, it ceases to be fiction.
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All of us salute the ITU's excellent work in the telecommunications space. It has set standards which encourage investment in infrastructure and ensure that a call made from Europe or America connects smoothly in Kenya or anywhere in the world.
