His [Ben Okri’s] work poses very serious questions for the twenty-first century. Among them:
ABERJHANIWhat they suffered from was not mental debilitation, but personal and communal ignorance of psychic reality.
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When a reader enters the pages of a book of poetry, he or she enters a world where dreams transform the past into knowledge
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They both, when we study that grand tapestry known as history and modern-day society, tend to stand out in much bolder relief than other figures from Dancing with Madness, Dancing with Genius
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She [Whitney Houston] inherited gifts for skillfully interpreting lyrics and endowing them with new depth and jeweled nuance.
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Between men and women, between blacks and whites, northerners and southerners, haves and have-have-nots, self and self.
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The passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 represented precisely such a hope – that America had learned from its past and acted to secure a better tomorrow.
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Many may very well continue to ask why more value is placed on technicalities of a law than on a man’s flesh and blood life, especially when there is any amount of “doubt” at all regarding his guilt or innocence.
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As sad as it may be to admit, in our modern world people are far more accustomed to hearing news of war, genocide, murder, disasters, famine, and disease
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 laid the foundation for the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but it also addressed nearly every other aspect of daily life in a would-be free democratic society.
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In an age when nations and individuals routinely exchange murder for murder
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Shine your soul with the same egoless humility as the rainbow and no matter where you go in this world or the next, love will find you, attend you, and bless you.
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A world without poetry and art would be too much like one without birds or flowers: bearable but a lot less enjoyable.
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Even when muddy your wings sparkle bright wonders that heal broken worlds.
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It can make all the difference between a man, woman, or child allowing despair to permanently paralyze any dreams
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True lovers earn their genius in schools of blood, prophecy and dust.
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Because of this mixture of traits, these twins called Genius and Madness often appear to be the same thing.
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