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Ben Okri Quotes

I study people all the time. For some reason, we're not very good at seeing what's there or hearing what we're hearing.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Good Time People Seeing Study Some

People are always afraid of the unknown - and banding together against the Thing That Is Different From Us is a time-honoured tradition for rallying the masses.

Together People Tradition Unknown Us

Before I was known, I would go on stage and pretend I was other people. Once I pretended I was mentally handicapped. It was really wrong. One time I was a bad magician. And one time I pretended I was a Christian comic.

Time People Christian Bad Wrong Go

I have not been diagnosed with epilepsy. I did have an MRI of the brain, and they found no abnormalities in my brain. Now, there are people with epilepsy who have completely normal MRI's, too. I just think also, you know, epileptic seizures can be triggered by emotional stress, by all kinds of things, lights.

Stress People Brain Think You Know

For me, football is just a game, not a drama.

Football Me Game Drama Just

Some people are a little bit afraid about the future because they see all these gadgets and gizmos coming down the pike and they think they're too old to learn all this new stuff. But eventually they begin to realize, 'Hey, some of this stuff is useful.'

Future People Think Learn Down New

Obama's IRS is not the IRS I've ever known for over seventy years as an American citizen.

Michael Moriarty

American Seventy Citizen Over Years

The significance of the crucifixion is not only what God does for us; consistently throughout the New Testament the crucifixion is portrayed as the pattern that we are to follow. It is a model of social behavior toward the other as well as a statement about what God has done for us.

God Behavior New Done Follow Well

Three days in a city now and I'm quite flipped. There's too much noise. I just can't do with it.

City Too Much Now Three Days Noise

Certainly working with teens keeps me up to date with language and with certain kinds of thinking.

Me Thinking Language Up Working

I don't even take myself seriously, so how could I possibly take Hollywood seriously?

Brittany Murphy

Myself Seriously Hollywood Take Even

Theatricals can be irritating, but will provide a better night out than mobile phone salespeople.

Night Better Phone Will Out Mobile

Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones.

Great Solitude Little Virtues

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