Ory Okolloh Quotes

While I am a huge proponent of us as Africans telling our own stories and countering the negative stereotypes out there since no one else will, I am also cognizant of the power that the mainstream Western media still has on shaping perceptions of the continent.

Ory Okolloh

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PowerI AmNegativeMediaWillOut

I've been a director and chairman of three good, modest clubs - Coventry, Charlton and Fulham - and the abuse you get can be cruel and shameful. I've had a wonderful life and wouldn't change a moment of it professionally - except that I should never have become a director.

Jimmy Hill

LifeChangeGoodMomentYouThree

If I don't enjoy it, there's something seriously wrong. There's a reason why they call it playing, what we do. It's ecstatic fun, and I overdo it - I mean, I can't seem to stop - people ask me to act, and I say yes.

John Lithgow

FunPeopleMeEnjoyWrongStop

Who in their right mind goes into a fight they think they're going to lose?

Max Holloway

FightMindThinkLoseRightGoing

Vipassana taught me how to maintain equanimity in all situations of life.

Subhash Chandra

LifeMeMaintainHowTaught

The human capacity for compassion is not a reflex that is triggered automatically by the presence of another living thing.

Steven Pinker

CompassionLivingHumanPresence

Innovation and disruption are the hallmarks of the technology world, and hardly a moment passes when we are not thinking, doing, or talking about these topics.

Steven Sinofsky

TechnologyInnovationMomentWorld

You can't beat the beehive for glam punkette attitude.

Rob Sheffield

AttitudeYouBeatBeehiveGlam

When I visited Africa to make my film 'Music by Prudence,' I was struck by how intensely religious and socially conservative Africans were. There was literally a church on every corner.

Roger Ross Williams

MusicChurchAfricaConservativeHow

Only reason can convince us of those three fundamental truths without a recognition of which there can be no effective liberty: that what we believe is not necessarily true; that what we like is not necessarily good; and that all questions are open.

Clive Bell

GoodBelieveQuestionsRecognition

My mom played the recorder. But not having electricity, we had minimal exposure to music. As I got a little older, we had Walkmans and things that were battery-powered, but it would have been nice to be growing up in the iPod era. A tape only has six songs on a side.

Bode Miller

MusicMomGrowing UpElectricityUp

There's something innately funny and warm about being Jewish. I think it's something to be embraced and respected.

Ari Graynor

FunnyThinkWarmJewishSomething

I'm not one of those people who hates Amazon because they're big. Why pay a third more for the same thing?

Susan Hill

PeopleWhyMoreSamePayBig

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