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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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The best writing is not about the writer, the best writing is absolutely not about the writer, its about us, its about the reader. – Ben Okri

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best
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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. – Ben Okri

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The essential elements of giving are power and love – activity and affection – and the consciousness of the race testifies that in the high and appropriate exercise of these is a blessedness greater than any other. – Mark Hopkins

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Rap musics been around for too long now to be inspirational. The words are, but the music isnt. – Alexander McQueen

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Ive done a lot of albums and I kinda know when Im onto something that was inspirational for me to record and create, and this was one of those projects where I really enjoyed making the album. – Lee Ritenour

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Star Wars is fun, its exciting, its inspirational, and people respond to that. Its what they want. – George Lucas

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But other vampire stories? Well, no, I really havent read too many, and I cant say Im crazy about romantic vampires anyway – to me the vampire is simply an evil monster. – Brian Lumley

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