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Just think of the work you’ve set yourself to do, and do it as well as you can.

Chinua Achebe

Let the kite perch and let the eagle perch too – If one says no to the other, let his wing break.
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Break Oneself Wings
What a man does not know is greater than he.
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Greatness Himself Man
There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.
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Moral Obligation Power Thinking
A goat does not eat into a hen’s stomach no matter how friendly the two may be.
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Friendship Goat Hen Stomach
Nigeria is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be.
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Government Leadership Politics
No man however great is greater than his people.
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Greatness Leadership Man People Position Value
Every generation must find its mission and fulfill it, as Fanon said – or betray it. So it is not something that you can write up on the wall, saying this is what has to be done. Every generation has to discover what it needs to do.
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Discover Finding Fulfill Generation Mission Need
A coward may cover the ground with his words but when the time comes to fight he runs away.
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Coward Fight Run Time War
As long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us.
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Oneself Peace People Understand
Most writers who are beginners, if they are honest with themselves, will admit that they are praying for a readership as they begin to write. But it should be the quality of the craft, not the audience, that should be the greatest motivating factor.
CHINUA ACHEBE

Audience Beginning Factor Praying Writing
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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Angry Collapse Quit Reason Therapy Trouble
If one finger brings oil it soils the others.
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Fingering Oneself
An artist in my view is always afraid of extremists; he is always afraid of those who claim to have found the ultimate solution to any question.
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Afraid Artist Question Solution Ultimate View
When a coward sees a man he can beat he becomes hungry for a fight.
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Competition Coward Fight Hungry Man See
Nobody can teach me who I am.
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Myself Philosophy Teaching
A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.
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Democracy Education Function Government Leadership Participate

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