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Ben Okri Quotes

Fire is one of my temperaments. It is behind all my work... Fire is a chemical presence.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: nigerian
Birth: March 15, 1959

Topics

Work Fire Presence Behind Chemical

I'm not pro-owner or pro-player. I am pro-football. I want the game to go on. I want the game to be tough. I don't want the game to be a killer of our players.

I Am Game Tough Go Want Players

I grew up abroad, and when I first passed through London in the 1970s, it seemed a drab and provincial place.

John Lanchester

Place London First Through Up 1970s

I'm not anxious to be anywhere other than where I am right now.

I Am Now Right Where Anxious Than

I do my best creating on stage.

Best Creating Stage

I think I was blessed with this talent for a reason. No one told me how to write a song, but I'm just good at it, you know. There are a lot of other things in my life that I'm not so good at, but writing a song is not one of them.

Life Good Talent Me Blessed Song

I am a goofy person, really. That's where my energy goes, that's how I live my life. The goof gene is very strong inside me, really.

Life Live I Am Me Energy Strong

If I spent all my time criticising myself, I wouldn't be able to function. There are actors who theorise till the cows come home. I haven't the patience for them. It's maybe shallow, but that's why I'll never be part of the acting set.

Anthony Hopkins

Patience Home Time Myself Acting

I see the game too slow from second base. That's why I like to play more short.

Asdrubal Cabrera

Game Slow Short Play Why See

I believe in Buddhism. Not every aspect, but most of it. So I take bits and pieces.

Believe I Believe Pieces I Believe In

I think almost anyone is capable of doing things that are evil or hurtful or harmful.

Noelle Stevenson

Evil Think Doing Capable Hurtful

If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, there is little to be hoped from it in the bettering of man's future. For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual's total development lags behind?

Maria Montessori

Education Future Knowledge Man Same

The principle of self defense, even involving weapons and bloodshed, has never been condemned, even by Gandhi.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Self Never Defense Been Principle

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