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I don't teach writing classes anymore, and I'm really glad I don't, because I would feel very strange about telling people, 'Go out there and be a writer, and make a living from it.'

About Anymore Because Classes
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I get a lot of moral guidance from reading novels, so I guess I expect my novels to offer some moral guidance, but they're not blueprints for action, ever.

Action Ever Expect Get
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I've got some gift for languages. You follow your gift. But Latin's not easy.

Easy Follow Gift Got
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Being cool is being your own self, not doing something that someone else is telling you to do.

Being Cool Doing Else
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It's weird how people who are the least close to me or who've never even met me purport to be experts on the real me; and then, sadly, there are those who could be in touch with me but prefer to gossip with strangers about me instead.

About Close Could Even
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It is Ekiti first before Nigeria. Every politics is local, every governance starts from the home.

First Home Local Starts
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The labour is Me and I am the labour, one thing you cannot take from me is that; I have opened this government for you to run.

Run Take Labour One
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I am the first governor in Nigeria that give details of allocation to workers to decide on. We have been doing that since I came.

Decide Since First Details
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As a people, we have peculiarities, and we must identify them instead of jamborees.

Person Identify Instead Must
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Why most leaders of this country have failed in the fight against corruption since 1999 is because they are corrupt themselves.

Fight Failed Country Since
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The first step that should be taken in fighting the corruption war is not to fight corruption with a political face.

Face First Taken Step
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I told workers, no governor or public office holder can steal without the cooperation of a civil worker.

Public Civil Holder Steal
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If a leader is leading a country to fight corruption, he must start from his own base. He must be ready and willing to put his home right.

Home Start Base Ready
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Leaders can only lead right by example, not by propaganda. I take exception.

Lead Example Take Right
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I hate corruption. I don't do things because of lip-service; I am a blunt Nigerian.

Blunt Things Hate Nigerian
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I have declared my asset long time ago, I have submitted all the necessary papers, I know the procedure.

Asset Time Papers Long
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One thing I want you all to realise today is this... I love President Muhammadu Buhari, people think I hate him but I don't. Democracy is founded on opposition.

Realise Today Hate People
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What people don't know about me is that I'm a pretty good businesswoman. Yes, I do this little ol' game show, but I know the show isn't going to last forever, so I've gone into different ventures. But I don't want to sound like I'm bragging.

About Bragging Businesswoman Different
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A civil servant who absconds from work, yet collect his salary, is another civil servant not the one to process his payment?

Civil Work Process Servant
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Prior to having my first child, I had a huge ambition to go into movies and TV.

Ambition First Child Had
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Let everyone start the fight against corruption from the confines of his home. If every home is right, then the country will be right.

Start Fight Home Country
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The fidelity question is difficult for me. Society has made us believe we're supposed to be monogamous when we're not killer whales, or whatever the monogamous species is.

Believe Difficult Fidelity Killer
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If we are ready to fight corruption, then let's sit tight about it and do away with politics.

Ready Away Fight Tight
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I love men. They are intelligent and sensitive, but there's also that hard-edged arrogant side, which is just so attractive.

Also Arrogant Attractive Intelligent
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Somebody must have a different view from all these views. I have a different view in Nigeria, and I'm not ready to surrender that will.

View Ready Somebody Surrender
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There's a side of me that dislikes feminism. I think we surrendered something and women were unable to reveal any kind of vulnerability.

Any Dislikes Feminism Think
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God be with you. I did not put myself here, you all put me here.

Put Myself God You
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It was all about flying round the world, working hard, being on the cover of Vogue, making money. It wasn't fun. It was exhausting, but I was young and convinced I knew best.

About Being Best Convinced
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Because I've been on the receiving end of infidelity, I know how much it hurts.

Because Been End How
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Once I was chased by the king of all scorpions. I have the most notorious animal stories.

Animal Chased King Most
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I'm very girly. I love to talk about diets, exercise, kids, make-up.

About Diets Exercise Girly
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Teach your children everything that you're not, because they will pick up on everything that you are.

Because Children Everything Pick
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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.

Banished Earth First Mankind
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God and death kind of resemble each other, because the only time a lot of people will try and talk to God is when someone's died.

Because Death Died Each
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Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.

Cultivate Faith Good Harmony
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I am a very open person, and I'm always nervous of being misconstrued. Sitting in the middle of a restaurant makes me nervous. I feel like I'm being judged. And it's funny that I should feel that way.
Judged Like Makes Me
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Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals.

Common Consent Individuals Laws
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All you need is a bad angle and suddenly you're 30 pounds overweight.

Angle Bad Need Overweight
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Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.

Bring Light Pains Prevail
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Anyone can look beautiful.

Anyone Beautiful Look
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But things move in circles: one minute it's the models who are famous, then it's the actresses, then it's the designers.

Actress Circles Designers Famous
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Like lots of women who marry young and find themselves mothers by the time they're 25, I felt I no longer had an identity.
Felt Find Had Identity
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Most things break, including hearts. The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus.

Amount Break Hearts Including
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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

Confidence Courteous Few Give
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It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.

Alone Bad Better Company
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Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.

Form Government Grown Hostile
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A teacher enlarges people in all sorts of ways besides just his subject matter.

Besides His Just Matter
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It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.

Abuse Deprive Found Jealousy
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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.

Begins Growth Liberty Plant
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War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will.

Accomplish Act Constrain Enemy
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