Ben Okri Quotes
I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went there because of Dickens and Shakespeare.Ben Okri
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Traditionally, open-minded secular liberal rationalists have not made a case for tolerance.
Maajid Nawaz -
I don't care if I never see Texas again.
Rafer Johnson -
Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'.
Barnett Newman -
The power of Twitter still never ceases to amaze me.
Maisie Williams -
I was a child of a tech family. My grandfather was a nuclear physicist and was always a gadget guy.
Felicia Day -
Black beans and soy beans are the cornerstones of longevity diets around the world.
Dan Buettner
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
Paavo Nurmi -
You have two alternatives. One: you can put your life on hold and wait for the phone to ring. Two: you run ahead as if your life depended on it.
Carlo Rubbia -
I think of the prisoners on 'Orange Is the New Black,' a lot of times, as uplifting.
Samira Wiley -
I'm a sponge for historical images of black people and black history on film.
Kara Walker -
At first, I was just trying to sound like DOOM and Eminem, and then I dug out my own voice, I guess.
Thebe Neruda Kgositsile -
I don't know what I was expecting or what I was dreaming about the xx accomplishing.
Oliver Sim The xx
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No one has ever raised capital because their pitch deck was pretty. A lot of people have raised capital because they were over-prepared, knew where their business was going, and were able to articulate that through a pitch alongside a pitch deck.
Adam Draper -
If you compare me to an actor, I'm probably one of the best boxers in the profession. But if you compare me as a boxer, I'm probably one of the best actors.
Olivier Martinez -
Come dress yourself in love, let the journey begin.
Francesca da Rimini -
I think pink is one of the saddest colors in the world, and many American humans are taught not to take anything pink seriously, which is weird.
Kate Bernheimer -
I've been telling anyone willing to listen that banks have a tendency to sit on time bombs while convincing themselves that they are conservative and nonvolatile.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb -
Back in 1975, we were making all the decisions about what people were going to watch.
Randy Falco
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It puzzled me that other people hadn't found out, too. God was gone. We were younger. We had reached past him. Why couldn't they see it? It still puzzles me.
Frances Farmer -
When I started the business, I hardly went home. I became very driven about work and about my career.
Calvin Klein -
I actually started singing in church when I was about five years old. I remember looking at the choirs and just hearing all of those great big beautiful voices. And there was this one woman who could just wail. And I remember trying to sing like her when I was like going home.
Kelly Rowland Destiny's Child -
I don't believe in borders, I find them boring. And I don't see any difference between any person.
Vicky Krieps -
Being on 'House of Cards' really has given me so much more than just a job; the interactions I have had with real White House correspondents, other journalists and bloggers relating to my character Janine - and their thanking me for representing them - has been extraordinary.
Constance Zimmer -
I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went there because of Dickens and Shakespeare.
Ben Okri