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The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering. – Ben Okri

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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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Change
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Im conscious of a series of circles working its way through my life. And at this particular moment I have come round to the beginning of my writing cycle. It begins with poetry. Theres hardly a day that goes past on which I dont write poetry. – Ben Okri

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

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Find a place inside where theres joy, and the joy will burn out the pain. – Joseph Campbell

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A concerted effort to preserve our heritage is a vital link to our cultural, educational, aesthetic, inspirational, and economic legacies – all of the things that quite literally make us who we are. – Steve Berry

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Space is an inspirational concept that allows you to dream big. – Peter Diamandis

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There have been many different artists that have been inspirational. I suppose the question is directed to what was the reason why I went into fantasy illustration. – Boris Vallejo

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So little done, so much to do. – Cecil Rhodes

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I drink a bucket of white tea in the morning. I read about this tea of the Emperor of China, which is supposedly the tea of eternal youth. Its called Silver Needle. Its unbelievably expensive, but I get it on the Web. – Antonio Banderas

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The camera cannot lie, but it can be an accessory to untruth. – Harold Evans, “Pictures on a Page”

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