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. . it seemed to me that where others had prayed before to their God, in their joy or in their agony, was of itself a sacred place.

Seemed Prayed God Joy
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Once a newspaper touches a story, the facts are lost forever, even to the protagonists.
Even Facts Forever Lost
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We all fall off the wagon. It's only one day; it's not the rest of your life. Pick yourself up and go again.

Again Day Fall Go
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Not one has shown an iota of fear of death. They want to end this agony.

Agony Death End Fear
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First of all, do any of you here think it's a crime to help a suffering human end his agony? Any of you think it is? Say so right now. Well, then, what are we doing here?

Agony Any Crime Doing
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Age is the first limitation on roles that I've ever had to encounter, and I hit that awhile ago.

Age Awhile Encounter Ever
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I learned a long time ago in Hollywood that the only person I should vote for is myself.

Hollywood Learned Long Long Time
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We would not be here if humanity were inherently evil. We'd have eaten ourselves alive long ago.

Alive Eaten Evil Here
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Some of my ancestors were religious dissenters who came to America over three hundred years ago. Others were abolitionists in New England in the eighteen forties and fifties.

America Ancestors Came Eighteen
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More than 30 years ago, when I had embarked upon the fight against child labour, it was not even considered an issue worth any discussion. It was accepted as a way of life in India, much like it was in other countries. Today, no country or business or society can throw this issue away.

Accepted Against Any Away
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My parents were married my whole life until my father passed away a few years ago.

Away Father Few Life
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How can the oppressed, as divided, unauthentic beings, participate in developing the pedagogy of their liberation?

Beings Developing Divided How
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I only really started to go to plays and to be interested in drama 20 years ago when as an artist I was already well-rounded. I think I'm more disciplined today.

Artist Disciplined Drama Go
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The scene of the world is changing. A year ago I will never believe that its possible for the world to be on lock down.

World Down Possible Lock
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I am a comic writer, which means I get to slay the dragons, and shoot the bull.

Am Bull Comic Dragons
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My paintings have gotten to be pretty popular and I've taken a little bit more interest in painting the last few years. In fact, my novel that I wrote not too long ago, 'The Hornet's Nest,' I painted the cover picture for it and I do a good bit of painting now.

Bit Cover Fact Few
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Before slavery, Africa had a culture. We had medicine and our cure for malaria. Slavery brought diseases that we were not used to; slavery brought industry and people were criticizing industry way back as 2,000 years ago, that it was going to pollute the air, sea. Industry is not the way. We must deal with nature.

Before slavery Medicine Malaria
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Remember that when you meet your antagonist, to do everything in a mild agreeable manner. Let your courage be keen, but, at the same time, as polished as your sword.

Agreeable Antagonist Courage Everything
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I created MMG years ago. My desire was to create a space where the most talented artists in the world could be nurtured and supported. With that came a commitment. I vowed to support these artists through the good and the bad.

Artists Bad Came Commitment
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I forgave the DAR many years ago. You lose a lot of time hating people

Hating Hatingpeople Lose Lot
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I had long ago become a creation, a public image made to be consumed, piled on top of a precarious shell of a little boy wanting to be loved.

Become Boy Consumed Creation
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Remember this also: it’s always easy to look back and see what we were, yesterday, ten years ago. It is hard to see what we are. If you can master that trick, you’ll get along.

Remember Always easy Look back Yesterday
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The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it's not without doubt but in spite of doubt.

Antagonistic Between Commitment Doubt
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The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago... had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands.

The sun Moon Stars Disappeared
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Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretense of keeping it alive.

Jealousy Dragon Slays love Alive
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I have a deep tribal sense. I grew up in a synagogue that my ancestors built. I sat in the third row. My family was decent. They were good people; they were handshake people. So I never had a sense of rebellion.

Ancestors Built Decent Deep
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While one might laugh at the meaningless boredom of people a decade or two ago, the emptiness has for many now moved from the state of boredom to a state of futility and despair, which holds promise of dangers.

Boredom Dangers Decade Despair
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There is no progress whatever. Everything is just the same as it was thousands, and tens of thousands, of years ago. The outward form changes. The essence does not change.

Change Changes Does Essence
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Back a hundred years ago, especially around Woodrow Wilson, what happened in this country is we took freedom and we chopped it into pieces.

Around Back Chopped Country
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A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs, jolted by every pebble in the road.

Person Sense Humor Springs
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I had to tell about my colonic, which expresses the fact why I'm so neat today as opposed to a few years ago. I never knew that the weight made that much difference.

About Difference Expresses Fact
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We can't help identifying with the protagonist. It's coded in our movie-going DNA

DNA Help Identifying Our
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Credit reproduces all the fundamental antagonisms of the capitalist world. It accentuates them. It precipitates their development and thus pushes the capitalist world forward to its own destruction.

Antagonism Capitalist Credit Destruction
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When the prison doors are opened, the real dragon will fly out.

Prison doors Opened Fly out
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I think the reason people are dealing with science less well now than 50 years ago is that it has become so complicated.

Become Complicated Dealing I Think
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Proud to be a Lagosian, super proud to be a Nigerian, Ecstatic to be African.
Proud to Supper Ecstatic
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When I went to film school about three years ago, the first two years you're required to make a series of short films. I started making films based on short poems.

About Based Film Film School
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I was helped by having a verbatim memory of what happened years ago, even if I can't remember what happened a couple of days ago.

Couple Days Even Happened
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The true teachers and educators are not those who have learned pedagogy as the science of dealing with children, but those in whom pedagogy has awakened through understanding the human being.

Being Children Dealing Educators
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When I cleaned up some 17 odd years ago, I felt terrible for about six months. The only thing that gave me any real relief was strenuous physical activity.

About Activity Any Cleaned
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Two days ago the prophecy came to pass as the "short man", was appointed Chairman of the 'Use The Toilet Committee of Nigeria'. The Bible says "what profiteth a man to gain the world and lose his soul?" Vice President of Shitty Matters, how do you feel now?

Prophecy To pass Was appointed Chairman
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People seem to think that if you didn't do the same things you did 25 years ago, then, you know, then things have changed. But we're not doing anything really any different. You know, we go out, we have a good time. Everybody has always had relationships all around the road.

People seem Same things Relationship
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Rest In Peace to the legend Majek Fashek and thanks to him for the great childhood music memories!!! Had a pretty engaging interview with him 6 years ago...

Rest in peace Legend Thanks Great childhood
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The coronavirus curve is not flattening in Lagos state. Please let’s remain careful and take all the necessary precautions.
Flattening Please Remain careful Necessary precautions
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Have a mind of your own, and focus on doing the right things, instead of joining the BANDWAGON…

Have A mind Focus Right things
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7 years ago I wrote about Sexual Harassment in Nigeria. It feels we haven't moved forward in the slightest and that's a massive shame. Then I didn't have children but as a father of 2 daughters this needs to stopped now.

Sexual harassment Moved forward Massive shame
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Jesus disarmed the devil long time ago...FEAR NOT

Jesus Disarmed The devil Long time
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Those who happily defaced the Bilboard of the despised opposition a year ago,are angrily burning the billboard of their favorites a year after.

Happily Billboard Opposition Defaced
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All we have of freedom All we use or know This our fathers bought for us Long and long ago

Have Freedom Fathers Long
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Everyone thinks - If only I had invested in X 15 years ago, I would be rich now. Well, 15 years from now, you will say the same thing. There is an X happening now, it's just never obvious till 15 years later.

Everyone thinks Invested Rich now
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