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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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Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart bigger. – Ben Okri

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Fear
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Future
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I see Turkeys future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries. – Orhan Pamuk

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Future

Web 2.0 ideas have a chirpy, cheerful rhetoric to them, but I think they consistently express a profound pessimism about humans, human nature and the human future. – Jaron Lanier

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Future

To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies and gives a faithful accounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust. – John F. Kennedy

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Future

The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its shell. – Zora Neale Hurston

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I know so many people who actually just watch television on their computers now and dont even really watch their TV anymore. – Busy Philipps

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Im always amazed at anyones interest in what I have to say. – Orlando Bloom

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