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One reason why I am quite angry with what is happening in Nigeria today is that everything has collapsed. If I decide to go back now, there will be so many problems – where will I find the physical therapy and other things that I now require?

Chinua Achebe

Women and music should not be dated.
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Date Music Woman
You do not know me,’ said Tortoise. ‘I am a changed man. I have learned that a man who makes trouble for others makes trouble for himself.
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Change Learning Myself
It has always been quite apparent to me that no important story can fail to tell us something of value to us.
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Apparent Important Ourselves Quite Value
Privilege, you see, is one of the great adversaries of the imagination; it spreads a thick layer of adipose tissue over our sensitivity.
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Greatness Imagination Man Privilege Yourself
When mother-cow is chewing grass its young ones watch its mouth
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Man Watch Young
We do not seek to hurt any man, but if any man seeks to hurt us may he break his neck.
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Break Hurt Man Neck Seek
A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness
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Character Ethnicity Greatness Man Pay Respect
Procrastination is a lazy man’s apology.
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Apology Man Perspective Procrastination
Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am – and what I need – is something I have to find out myself.
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Description Finding Myself Need Teaching
I prefer to go on trying all kinds of things, not to be told, This is the way it is done.
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Adventure Kindness Myself Way
No matter how prosperous a man was, if he was unable to rule his women and his children (and especially his women) he was not really a man.
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Man Prosperity Rule Woman
Every generation must recognize and embrace the task it is peculiarly designed by history and by providence to perform.
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Design Embrace Generation History Performance Recognition Task
When a mad man walks naked, it is his kinsmen who feel shame, not himself.
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Feeling Himself Madness Man Naked Shame
An angry man is always a stupid man.
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Angry Man Stupidity
As a rule I don’t like suffering to no purpose. Suffering should be creative, should give birth to something good and lovely.
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Creativity Love Purpose Rule Suffering
The impatient idealist says: ‘Give me a place to stand and I shall move the earth.’ But such a place does not exist. We all have to stand on the earth itself and go with her at her pace.
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Earth Existence Ideal Myself Place

One reason why I am quite angry with what is happening in Nigeria today is that everything has collapsed. If I decide to go back now, there will be so many problems – where will I find the physical therapy and other things that I now require?

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One reason why I am quite angry with what is happening in Nigeria today is that everything has collapsed. If I decide to go back now, there will be so many problems – where will I find the physical therapy and other things that I now require?

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