Ben Okri Quotes

The acknowledged legislators of the world take the world as given. They dislike mysteries, for mysteries cannot be coded, or legislated, and wonder cannot be made into law. And so these legislators police the accepted frontiers of things.

Ben Okri

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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'The Big Bang Theory' has completely changed my life.

Jim Parsons

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I'm finding things out about myself as a person - as a writer - as I write, and so are the people who listen to what I do. But they have this additional aspect of how they take the stuff that I do, and so it broadens the work, and it creates this strange connection.

John Darnielle

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That is why it's so fun to make movies... you get to do lots of things you would never do in your normal life.

Meg Tilly

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I directed some movies in the past, and I'd still love to do that. You know, the whole thing is a labor of love, I think.

Melanie Mayron

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I like devilish, thorny, dirty, mean roles, muck and mire, unbelievably sad, unbelievably happy, burdened. Inner conflict - that's where drama is.

Amanda Plummer

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When somebody asks me a question, I try to be as straightforward about it as possible. I try not to overthink what I'm going to say in an interview.

Shirley Manson

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From the beginning, each human embryo has its own unique genetic identity.

Robert Casey

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I really enjoy going out with my jazz group. That's something that I don't ever want to stop doing.

Dianne Reeves

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The novel is an artifact, which is why antiquarians cling to it so fervently.

David Shields

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I haven't put much effort into my personal life and blithely believe it will turn out all right in the end.

David Walliams

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I came to New York with two bags, my guitar and my laptop. I set my stuff down and immediately ran to an audition.

Ciara Renee

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I have always been thankful that so many of our country's greatest leaders and statesmen were able to be on this earth at the same time and place to draft the Constitution.

Bob Latta

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