Ben Okri Quotes
I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went there because of Dickens and Shakespeare.
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Traditionally, open-minded secular liberal rationalists have not made a case for tolerance.
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I don't care if I never see Texas again.
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Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'.
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The power of Twitter still never ceases to amaze me.
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I was a child of a tech family. My grandfather was a nuclear physicist and was always a gadget guy.
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Black beans and soy beans are the cornerstones of longevity diets around the world.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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I think of the prisoners on 'Orange Is the New Black,' a lot of times, as uplifting.
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I'm a sponge for historical images of black people and black history on film.
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At first, I was just trying to sound like DOOM and Eminem, and then I dug out my own voice, I guess.
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I don't know what I was expecting or what I was dreaming about the xx accomplishing.
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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.
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Come dress yourself in love, let the journey begin.
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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.
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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.
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Back in 1975, we were making all the decisions about what people were going to watch.
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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.
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To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin.
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My mother never gave up one me. I messed up in school so much they were sending me home, but my mother sent me right back.
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It's up to people like us, all of us, to address and talk about things like runaway global warming and how we can use things like remote viewing to save our planet.
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I want to let fans know how much I appreciate them and how much I appreciate them showing interest in our music and me personally.
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I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went there because of Dickens and Shakespeare.
