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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I don't know how much the economy has changed since Jonathan Swift's 'A Modest Proposal.'
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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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When I write for kids, I have to make sure they know what can't happen. They have to know it's a fantasy. But when I write for adults, they have to think it's real. Every detail has to be real or they won't buy it.
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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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Being able to breathe underwater would be sweet. There is so much life underneath the water that we don't know about. I would love to check out the bottom of the ocean to see what's going on down there.
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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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My apartment is the equivalent of one room in my Toronto home. Now I understand why New Yorkers are on the streets at all hours. People don't want to stay inside for fear they'll go crazy.
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My onstage persona really is a persona, you know, and really the moment I step onstage, it kind of kicks into gear.
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We have dealt with the Arab/Muslim problem in the American media in every single way but through comedy. Hollywood has always been lagging behind comedy... We can make fun of ourselves, too, and I'm inviting us to laugh with us - and all the misconceptions.
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We can't accept that it's O.K. if only some kids get to go to college.
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I think if you read all my books you know where I stand, pretty much. You could probably give the reader a questionnaire and they could figure out what I'm about. But I don't think my job is to tell you that.
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We fear what we don’t know.
