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When I started out in life I wanted to teach. ”
I think I'm very interested in people, in the way our minds work and how we navigate through the experience that is life. Very interested in people's struggles and their choices and their regrets and joys. I'm very interested in the human animal. ”
The best thing anyone can do in life is to give opportunities to a child. ”
It's a massive thing to win the African Nations. It will go down in history. It was my first tournament with Nigeria, and winning it was a bonus for me; it was a good experience for me. ”
There's a lot to be said for loafing if you know how to do it gracefully. ”
I have a very intimate knowledge of the world of the mentally ill and of life inside of, especially, public hospitals and the way people are treated in there and the way that they try to survive in there. ”
I've spent my life visiting a handful of people who are very close to me when they've been committed to one hospital or another in New York. ”
Booksellers are the bartenders of the reading world. People share thoughts and interests they keep private from others in their lives. ”
I know that many authors say editors don't edit anymore, but that's not been true in my experience. ”
While we can learn from U.S. models, we certainly can't practice them. ”