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Ben Okri Quotes
You see, I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria. We had to tell stories that would keep one another interested, and you weren't allowed to tell stories that everybody else knew. You had to dream up new ones.
Ben Okri

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Poet Quotes
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Date of Birth:
March 15, 1959
Nationality:
Nigerian
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