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The strange thing about Africa is how past, present and future com

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

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Beauty
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Ben Okri
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One of the greatest gifts my father gave me – unintentionally – was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity. We had a bit of a rollercoaster life with some really challenging financial periods. He was always unshaken, completely tranquil, the same ebullient, laughing, jovial man. – Ben Okri

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Courage
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Ben Okri
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Future
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The German philosopher Walter Benjamin had the curious notion that we could change the past. For most of us, the past is fixed while the future is open. – Terry Eagleton

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Future

Children are our future we must take care of them with maximum effort. – Naomi Campbell

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Future

The action films I will make in the future will be more believable and character-based. I am now on my second cycle of fame, and I want to make films that smell real and are truthful. – Jean Claude Van Damme

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Future

The valid research for the future is on the inner side, on the spiritual side. – Peace Pilgrim

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Future

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Perish the men who said our good things before us! – Aelius Donatus, quoted in Edge-Tools of Speech by Maturin M. Ballou, 1886

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Im a private guy, and you dont want to be out there preaching to people. But faith leads you in the decisions you make. You dont always pick the right path, but its there in your conscience. – Tim McGraw

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But those who believe that what our people desire is big government are living in a state of delusion. – Marco Rubio

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Government

This is, I say, the time for all good men not to go to the aid of their party, but to come to the aid of their country. – Eugene McCarthy

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