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Ben Okri
"We can still astonish the gods in humanity And be the stuff of future legends, If we but dare to be real, And have the courage to see That this is the time to dream The best dream of them all." --
Source : Ben Okri (2012). “Mental Fight”, p.39, Random House
Ben Okri
#Inspirational Quotes
#Dream Quotes
#Real Quotes
“Letting go, at its heart, is an act of agreement with Life.”
“A creative writing workshop will contain students whose ambitions and abilities, whose conceptions of literature itself, are so diverse that what they have in common - the desire to write - could almost be considered meaningless.”
“There will always be music on the Internet that people can steal. What's new is not theft. What's new is a distribution channel for stolen property called the Internet. So there will always be illegal music on the Internet.”
“There is no substantive, rational defense; I mean, the other side doesn't have a case.”
“The second-hand artist blindly following his sensei or sifu accepts his pattern. As a result, his action is and , more importantly, his thinking become mechanical. His responses become automatic, according to set patterns, making him narrow and limited.”
“I majored in political science, and my concentration was U.S. involvement in Latin America in the 20th century.”
Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth's sweet flowing breast...”
“It's hard to steer a parked car.”