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I know that human beings are capable of anything.

~Ben Okri

Topics: Anything Beings Capable Human Human Beings Know

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To anyone who is homeless, I say, find a home.

~Ben Okri

Topics: Anyone Find Home Homeless Say Who

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I am not fighting for success, just to get more beauty out of myself and share it with more people.

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Topics: Am Beauty Fighting Get Just More More People Myself Out People Share Success I Am

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The strange thing about Africa is how past, present and future come together in a kind of rough jazz, if you like.

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Topics: About Africa Come Future How Jazz Kind Like Past Present Rough Strange Strange Thing Thing Together You

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It is not important for me as a writer that you leave a piece of writing of mine with either an agreement or even a resonance with what I have said. What is important is that you leave with the resonance of what you have felt and what you thought in reaction to that.

~Ben Okri

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The best writing is not about the writer, the best writing is absolutely not about the writer, it's about us, it's about the reader.

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Topics: About Absolutely Absolutely Not Best Reader Us Writer Writing

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To sustain your belief through situations that completely undermine it is quite something.

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Topics: Belief Quite Situations Something Sustain Through Undermine Your

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I began my writing life as a poet, so poetry has always been fundamental. I evolved from poetry to journalism to stories to novels. But poetry was always there.

~Ben Okri

Topics: Always Been Began Evolved Fundamental Journalism Life Novels Poet Poetry Stories Writing

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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.

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Topics: Good Hearing People Reason Seeing Some Study Time Very

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The poem is never complete in the mind. It emerges, and then it's like an act of unveiling. The unveiling is the longest and most difficult part of it.

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Biography

Nationality: Nigerian

Type: Poet

Born: March 15th, 1959

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