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I know that human beings are capable of anything.

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Ben Okri
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: March 15
Author
Journalist
Novelist
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Humans
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Capable
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It is not important for me as a writer that you leave a piece of writing of mine with either an agreement or even a resonance with what I have said. What is important is that you leave with the resonance of what you have felt and what you thought in reaction to that.
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