What a man does not know is greater than he.
CHINUA ACHEBEWhen mother-cow is chewing grass its young ones watch its mouth
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Whatever music you beat on your drum there is somebody who can dance to it.
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What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens – whether people are of a different ethnicity or gender.
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When we are comfortable and inattentive, we run the risk of committing grave injustices absentmindedly.
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When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don’t just turn it off one day.
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It is praiseworthy to be brave and fearless, but sometimes it is better to be a coward. We often stand in the compound of a coward to point at the ruins where a brave man used to live.
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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.
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Every lizard lies on its belly, so we cannot tell which has a belly-ache
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He is a fool who treats his brother worse than a stranger.
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Become familiar with your home, but know also about your neighbors. The young man who never went anywhere thinks his mother is the greatest cook.
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Nobody can teach me who I am.
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It is the story that owns and directs us. It is the thing that makes us different from cattle; it is the mark on the face that sets one people apart from their neighbors.
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People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that’s the time to do something about it, not when it’s around your neck.
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The world is large,” said Okonkwo. “I have even heard that in some tribes a man’s children belong to his wife and her family.” “That cannot be,” said Machi. “You might as well say that the woman lies on top of the man when they are making the babies.
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Charity is the opium of the privileged.
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If you don’t like someone’s story, write your own.
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