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I was born left-handed, but I was made to use my other hand. When

I was born left-handed, but I was made to use my other hand. When I was writing Famished Road, which was very long, I got repetitive stress syndrome. My right wrist collapsed, so I started using my left hand. The prose I wrote with my left hand came out denser, so later on I had to change it. – Ben Okri

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Politics is the art of the possible creativity is the art of the impossible. – Ben Okri

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Well, what was called the blessed hope of the Bible is that one day Jesus Christ would come back again, start a whole new era, that this world order that we know it would change into something that would be wonderful that wed call the millennium. – Pat Robertson

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As you grow older, you change. – Martin Scorsese

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What looks absolutely fabulous in rehearsal can fall flat in front of an audience. The audience dictates what you do or dont change. – Harvey Fierstein

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Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention, but it has no persuasive value at all. – John Kenneth Galbraith

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