"Creativity is the art of the impossible"

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Source : Ben Okri (2014). “A Way of Being Free”, p.71, Head of Zeus

Ben Okri

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“One guy that I wish was here right now, Ted Williams, helped me so much, our long talks, not about hitting but about fishing, one of Ted's passions, and I wish he was here today to share this with me because I owe so much to Ted Williams.”
“it was only a hopeless fantasy, it passed like an april day, but a look and a word and the dreams they stirred they have stolen my heart away.”
“When I was very young I was the ugly duckling. I had a lot of complexes. My sister was wonderful and I was nothing.”
“For the most part, it is really nice when people come up to me, because I do think that people who are awkward relate to me, and that's really nice. It's generally good.”
“A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens.”

Source : Robert Baden-Powell, Elleke Boehmer (2005). “Scouting for Boys: A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship”, p.20, Oxford University Press
“Public opinion which, to be sure, can at times be helpful, must never for an instant swerve us from what we know in our heart we are trying to convey. For honesty is the great requisite of art. If we remain honest with ourselves, art, which is always there, never lets us down.”
“We recognize that the arts are an essential part of San Francisco's cultural vitality.”
“Marriage is an institution fits in perfect harmony with the laws of nature; whereas systems of slavery and segregation were designed to brutally oppress people and thereby violated the laws of nature.”

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