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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.

Chinua Achebe

A disease that has never been seen before cannot be cured with every-day herbs.
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Carry Cure Disease Hospital
If you don’t like someone’s story, write your own.
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Inspirational Motivational Writing Yourself
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
There is no story that is not true.
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One Liner Story True
My son even if you want to fall, at least fall where your bones can be gathered.
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Bone Fall Myself Son
The language of young men is pull down and destroy; but an old man speaks of conciliation.
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Destroy Language Man Old Repair Talk Togetherness Young
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
The world is like a Mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place.
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Dance Mask Place Stand World Yourself
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
A man who does not lick his lips, can he blame the harmattan for drying them?
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Blame Dry Lips Man
While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.
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Charity Forget Goodness Lying Necessary Reality Solution Work
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
Once you allow yourself to identify with the people in a story, then you might begin to see yourself in that story even if on the surface it’s far removed from your situation.
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Beginning Identify People Removal Situation Story Yourself
People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.
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Creation Inspirational People Story Success
A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.
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Himself Man Trouble
Just think of the work you’ve set yourself to do, and do it as well as you can.
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Thinking Work Yourself

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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