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In so far as one denies what is, one is possessed by what is not, the compulsions, the fantasies, the terrors that flock to fill the void.

Compulsion Denies Fantasies Far
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As great scientists have said and as all children know, it is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception, and compassion, and hope.

Above Achieve Children Compassion
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If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.
Fiction Modern Modern Technology Myth
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If you want your writing to be taken seriously, don't marry and have kids, and above all, don't die. But if you have to die, commit suicide. They approve of that.

Above Approve Commit Die
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The artist deals in what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words.

Artist Cannot Deals Does
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Great artists make the roads; good teachers and good companions can point them out. But there ain't no free rides, baby.

Artists Baby Companions Free
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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 do try to separate my personal activism - showing up at a demonstration or something - from what I write.
Activism Demonstration I Write Personal
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I don't write tracts, I write novels. I'm not a preacher, I'm a fiction writer.

Fiction Fiction Writer I Write Novels
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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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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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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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I want the representative of the press to always attend our Federal Allocation Committee (FAC) meetings. That shows how transparent I run this government.

Press Always Show Run
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All partakers of FAC allocation attend that meeting once a month. There you take decision, I sign it for you.

Sign Attend Meeting Month
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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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We don't have the experience on how to put papers right. We don't write papers, all we do is approve papers.

Approve Papers Right Write
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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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Opposition will keep the government of the day on their toes to do the right thing.

Right Keep Day Toes
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The law has its process, there are agencies that takes care of corruption, we should allow them do their duty without preempting them.

Duty Process Care Allow
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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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All that governors do is to approve the money, it is civil servants that pay civil servants.

Approve Civil Money Pay
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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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My dad was very fun and very adventurous, and from a formative age I learned to value men who would do things on a whim.

Adventurous Age Dad Formative
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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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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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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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And I'm a pretty positive person - I don't put a lot of energy into worrying, and I'm not a person who lives in a great deal of fear.

Deal Energy Fear Great
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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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Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.

God Hands Honest Raise
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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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