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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When a politician bends the truth or a CEO breaks a promise, trust takes a beating.
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Once upon a time, I was morbidly sensitive about the impertinence born of sociology. Taxi drivers would not stop for me after dark; white girls jogged to keep ahead of my shadow thrown at their heels by the amber street lamps. Part of me didn't blame them, but most of me was hurt.
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Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.
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In the midst of the heartbreak and wreckage of 9-11, the world also witnessed what is America's greatest strength. Firefighters, nurses, police officers, first responders and local residents worked around the clock to rescue and care for those injured.
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Black women have had to develop a larger vision of our society than perhaps any other group. They have had to understand white men, white women, and black men. And they have had to understand themselves. When black women win victories, it is a boost for virtually every segment of society.
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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.”
