Ben Okri Quotes
We never think that our mothers will die. It was like suddenly an abyss opened at my feet - I was standing on nothing. It was the strangest thing. Her passing away ripped the solidity out of the world.
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I spend an extraordinary amount of time in my car, so I can justify the expense. That's the only extravagance in my life - it's my car.
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In some sense, what you might have suspected from the first day of high-school chemistry is true: The periodic table is a colossal waste of time. Nine out of every 10 atoms in the universe are hydrogen, the first element and the major constituent of stars. The other 10 percent of all atoms are helium.
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I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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I never look at how many songs I have or how many girls are there in a movie. If I like my character, I play it.
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Our goal is a title. With LeBron, we are in 'win now' mode.
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I'm known as a kind of dramatic, serious, almost humorless actor and the fact is, I'm a funny guy, and I spend most of my life trying to find a lighter side of things, and on stage was given plenty of opportunity to do that.
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The truth is I had lots of rehab and now I have a clean bill of health.
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I've never taken a scalpel to a dead body.
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In India, therapy is not part of the culture; it has not become such a big need.
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In 13 years of doing my day job, I've learned a few things about motivating people. It's about setting a vision and, as long as everyone knows why they're doing what they're doing, you achieve that vision.
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Over the long hours of taping 5, 6 or 7 episodes a day, we develop a great sense of family.
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After God and my family, it's surf. I don't imagine me not surfing. Surf brings me smile every day.
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We play rock & roll, but we swing when we play. We want that ongoing flow, that lightness, that forward rush of jazz.
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A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.
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The only way to have a friend is to be one.
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I have never wanted to leave Malayalam films.
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'Maybe his characteristics are recessive. Maybe ours will cancel his out.' 'I wouldn't lay any money on that,' Baines said. 'I think I know already which of the two strains is going to turn up dominant.' He grinned wryly. 'I mean, I'm making a good guess. It won't be us.'
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People would ask me, 'Is he as funny at home as he is in the movies?' ... I would have to answer, 'Well, he can be funny. But he is also very serious. He has insomnia and if we him up early, he would bawl the hell out of me'.
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Of all living things, only humans consciously anticipate death; the consequent need to choose how to behave in its face - to worry about how to die - distinguishes us from other animals. The need to manage death is the particular lot of humanity.
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The recent fascination, I think, reflects the shift in approach by law enforcement officials to embrace technology as wholeheartedly as the rest of the world.
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We never think that our mothers will die. It was like suddenly an abyss opened at my feet - I was standing on nothing. It was the strangest thing. Her passing away ripped the solidity out of the world.
