Nnedi Okorafor (Nnedimma Nkemdili Okorafor) Quotes
Are you willing to allow other the same right to their beliefs?” “If their beliefs don’t hurt others and, when I feel the need, I am allowed to call them stupid in my mind, then yes.”
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It's good to have a leader, otherwise we argue too much.
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I don't wish anybody ill, I really don't. I've got a lot of faults, but I was never jealous or envious or... it's a waste of time.
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If God has given you the world's goods in abundance, it is to help you gain those of Heaven and to be a good example of sound teaching to your sons, servants, and relatives.
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All Americans need a sense of place. That's what makes our physical surroundings worth caring about.
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Honestly, I wasn't familiar with the whole DC comics world and the Batman world before I was part of 'Gotham.'
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Everything you'll ever need to know is within you; the secrets of the universe are imprinted on the cells of your body.
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So, I think that Marilyn, what she gave the world, and in many ways Kennedy too, was that they had dreams and they didn't allow anybody to take away their dreams.
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No action is without its side effects.
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The United Kingdom has traditionally been a very small market, and even though you had such a creative group of designers, they represented a risk to department stores.
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Hollywood forgets easily. I want to be fulfilled and challenged.
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Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.
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I'm a big Johnny Cash girl. And I love singers like Laura Marling and Joanna Newsom.
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I looked it at like this way. To get folks to like you, as a screen player I mean, I figured you had to sort of be their ideal. I don't mean a handsome knight riding a white horse, but a fella who answered the description of a right guy.
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I'm shooting a pilot based on my show. It's a one-camera show. I play myself.
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I was never someone that was attached to any party. You know, I've always been an independent person. I'd like to remain like that.
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I liked 'Star Wars' as a kid. I liked science fiction.
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I felt probably more uncomfortable than Beyonce. But I can't answer for her.
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It's my strong belief that when people love each other and are desirous of creating a committed relationship with each other that they should be allowed to marry, regardless of their sexual orientation.
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If I were Jesus Christ, I would save Judas.
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I think a part of being successful or trying to be successful is staying true to who you are. Be genuine.
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I wrote books to entertain. I'm not trying to teach anything! If I suspected the author was trying to show me how to be a better behaved girl, I shut the book.
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You think that because I want to do what’s right, because I want to make things better, I’m weak,” Claire said. “Or that I’m stupid. But I’m not. It takes a lot more strength to know how bad the world is and not want to be part of that, give in to it. And I do know, Kim. Believe me.
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Are you willing to allow other the same right to their beliefs?” “If their beliefs don’t hurt others and, when I feel the need, I am allowed to call them stupid in my mind, then yes.”
