Ben Okri Quotes
One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity. We had a bit of a rollercoaster life with some really challenging financial periods. He was always unshaken, completely tranquil, the same ebullient, laughing, jovial man.Ben Okri
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Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of time and will, any marriage, happy or unhappy, is infinitely more interesting than any romance, however passionate.
W. H. Auden -
My job is to train hard, go fight, and do my best.
Canelo Alvarez -
It's nice not to be too boring.
Barry Pepper -
There are a lot of people in Congress who would never have made a great career or fortune in any other profession. But after they spend a while hanging out with the rich guys, they begin to feel they've been undervalued, and that an eventual seven-figure income as a lobbyist isn't just an opportunity, it's their due.
Gail Collins -
It was just such a demeaning thing to do, being in silent movies. They'd call you up and tell you, 'Hey, jump off this building!' and they'd give you a hundred bucks, and you'd do it.
Parker Posey -
We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
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I wasn't really excited about doing television, to be quite honest.
Ramon Rodriguez -
The most difficult story that I've ever been involved in breaking on any of my shows was 'The Constant' episode of 'Lost,' which was when Desmond was consciousness-traveling.
Carlton Cuse -
We live in a dark time. Books are as dark as what is available to teenagers through the media every day.
Tamora Pierce -
People weren't buying as many records. My record company did not want me. I went through three record companies, went on tour at the wrong time. It destroyed me.
Adam Ant Adam and the Ants -
One has to have the courage of one's pessimism.
Ian Mcewan -
My business issues are just that - business - and I deal with them like they are business.
Faith Evans
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I fell in love, not deep, but I fell several times and then fell out.
Carl Sandburg -
I took a whole stunt course and pretty much got certified as a stunt driver. It's ridiculous how easy it is once you understand the car and know how to do it.
Aaron Paul -
For better or worse, a lot of people who build things don't want to part ways. They don't have the short exit plan that a lot of the investors have.
Cameron Winklevoss -
If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
Wendy Davis -
I've been brought up with the Christian faith with my family.
Ioan Gruffudd -
If I'm not doing anything, I get really antsy and bored.
Nat Wolff
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When I was a kid, we always had big gardens, acres of stuff we grew out in the yard.
Randy Houser -
The distinction between pretending you are better than you are and beginning to be better in reality is finer than moral sleuth hounds conceive.
C. S. Lewis -
The whole life of the philosopher is a preparation for death.
Plato -
As awful as the crimes of Stalinism were, the vast majority of the Russian population was trying to survive, to love, to have a sense of purpose.
Amor Towles -
I passed blindly many things which belong to real and political life.
Max Beckmann -
One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity. We had a bit of a rollercoaster life with some really challenging financial periods. He was always unshaken, completely tranquil, the same ebullient, laughing, jovial man.
Ben Okri