Nnedi Okorafor (Nnedimma Nkemdili Okorafor) Quotes
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We know that if you just were to take the drugs that you were supposed to take for diabetes or hypertension, just take it, as opposed to not take it, we could save $7,000, $3,000 per patient per year.
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The only thing I want to say is, I know I'm not Einstein, but I'm not the queen of the imbeciles either.
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In the streets, they're very nice. On Twitter, there are people who love to hate me. Sometimes people get mean. I tend to answer like, 'Careful now, know who you're dealing with...' They're like, 'I'm sorry! Don't send the Lord of Light after me!' It's fun to play with that.
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I've cheated the Grim Reaper more times than anyone I know.
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You know in the West they support realistic forces.
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The only way you know what it is to be a boxer is to be one.
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Oh, you know, I think it was definitely a little pressure, to remake something like 'Fame'.
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We all know the types who listen to Pete Seeger songs; even Pete admits they aren't interesting.
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I don't have my novel outlined, and I have to write to discover what I am doing. Like the old lady, I don't know so well what I think until I see what I say; then I have to say it over again.
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I don't play. I'm a terrible gambler. I don't know half the rules, and I'm not really patient enough to sit through hours of gaming.
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I think by now if people hire me, they know I'm going to improvise. I'm an improviser by trade.
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There is something magical about three you know - a trio is tight and nicely economical.
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I don't know what the future may hold, but I know who holds the future.
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As a writer, I wouldn't know how to not take things out of my life.
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I don't know my armpit from my elbow in Los Angeles.
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It's natural for any actor that segues into directing to be an actor's director. You know how to relate to the actors.
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There are two ways of knowing if something ends badly: If you're honest with yourself, you just kind of know it. And then there's other people's reaction to it.
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I can put my legs behind my head. That's a fun fact that not a lot of people know!
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I didn't know Charlie before doing the movie, but I was a huge fan of the British Queer as Folk.
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I had really no sense of style. Everyone around me in my family had the sense of style - I learned as much as I possibly could.
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How do you deal with a criminal that will not listen to what you have to say and who continues his policy of violence? Some say you continue to talk and let him tire himself out. But nearly 40 years after the institution of apartheid, is there anyone who still believes that verbal persuasion will work?
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I don't have stamina in exercise... but I have it in life.
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I choose to give my life for those who have been left out of the sunlight of opportunity.
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We fear what we don’t know.
