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Ory Okolloh Quotes

21st-century activism is different perhaps in the sense that the individual can be more present in the process, especially via social media, but the underlying drivers remain the same as desire to change the status quo.

Ory Okolloh

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: activist
Nationality: kenyan

Topics

Change Social Media Present Media

I wrote my graduate thesis at New York University on hard-boiled fiction from the 1930s and 1940s, so, for about two years, I read nothing but Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, James Cain and Chester Himes. I developed such a love for this kind of writing.

Megan Abbott

Love New York Writing New Kind Two

Anybody can do research. The plotting of the novel, writing the ending before you write anything else, which I always do - I don't know that everybody can do that. That's the hard part.

John Irving

Research Writing Ending You Know

In this ever-changing world, it's more important than ever that our top-notch military continues to receive the resources needed to serve and protect our country.

Max Baucus

World Country Important Protect More

You don't go into anything contemplating failure, because if you did, you wouldn't make it.

Simon Cowell

Failure You Go Anything Because Did

I love restaurants from top to bottom.

Tom Douglas

Love Top Bottom I Love Restaurants

My acting technique is a combination of a lot of different ones. A lot of it is Meisner.

Ross Butler

Acting Combination Different Lot

There is a different future that is available to North Korea, if they choose differently.

Mitchell Reiss

Future Choose Available Different

Publishers send me a lot of first novels because my first novel was the defining novel of my career, and I guess a lot of people want my benediction or something.

Jay McInerney

People Me Career Want First Because

In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance.

Joseph Stalin

Courage Army More Soviet Retreat

An assumption underlying almost all comments on interruptions is that they are aggressive, but the line between what's perceived as assertiveness or aggressiveness almost certainly shifts with an interrupter's gender.

Deborah Tannen

Gender Aggressive Line Almost Shifts

The beauty of the space station, and of human spaceflight, is that it is now at a level of maturity where you can invite people on-board, which is what I worked so hard to do on social media and all the videos I made.

Chris Hadfield

Beauty Social Media Space Maturity

I've always eaten well and have a balanced diet.

Christy Turlington

Diet Always Well Balanced Diet Eaten