#had

I have always had the sea as my playground. ↗

— Alexander Dale Oen

#had #i #playground #sea

Paradoxically, the people and state of Japan living on such moral props were not innocent but had been stained by their own past history of invading other Asian countries. ↗

— Kenzaburo Oe

#asian countries #been #countries #had #history

The way Japan had tried to build up a modern state modelled on the West was cataclysmic. ↗

— Kenzaburo Oe

#cataclysmic #had #japan #modelled #modern

Many people - and I think I am one of them - are more productive when they've had a little to drink. I find if I drink two or three brandies, I'm far better able to write. ↗

— David Ogilvy

#am #better #drink #far #find

I did not feel 'evil' when I wrote advertisements for Puerto Rico. They helped attract industry and tourists to a country which had been living on the edge of starvation for 400 years. ↗

— David Ogilvy

#attract #been #country #did #edge

I don't think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention. ↗

— Hakeem Olajuwon

#because #commands #get #had #i

The advertisers who believe in the selling power of jingles have never had to sell anything. ↗

— David Ogilvy

#anything #believe #had #jingles #never

I love my hair. When I was young it had weird kinks and cowlicks in it, but I just grew into it. You grow into a lot of things. ↗

— Sandra Oh

#grow #had #hair #i #i love

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

#another #dream #else #everybody #everybody else

I was born left-handed, but I was made to use my other hand. When I was writing 'Famished Road,' which was very long, I got repetitive stress syndrome. My right wrist collapsed, so I started using my left hand. The prose I wrote with my left hand came out denser, so later on I had to change it. ↗

— Ben Okri

#came #change #collapsed #denser #got