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The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them.

Chinua Achebe

A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.
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Himself Man Trouble
When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate.
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Brother Death Fight Profit Stranger
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
A debt may get mouldy, but it never decays.
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Debt Decay
If you don’t like someone’s story, write your own. If you don’t like what somebody says, say what it is you don’t like.
CHINUA ACHEBE

Expression Feeling Story Talk
Storytellers are a threat. They threaten all champions of control, they frighten usurpers of the right-to-freedom of the human spirit — in state, in church or mosque, in party congress, in the university or wherever.
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Control Freedom Human Religion Spirit Threat
The singer should sing well even if it is merely to himself, rather than dance badly for the whole world.
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Dance Singing World
Only the story can continue beyond the war and the warrior. The story outlives the sound of the war drum… The story is our escort. Without it we are blind… It is the thing that sets us apart from cattle.
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Beyond Blind Cattle Ourselves Warrior
The price a world language must be prepared to pay is submission to many different kinds of use.
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Different Kind Language Price Submission World
The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them.
CHINUA ACHEBE

Motivational Shine Stand Sun
If I hold her hand she says, ‘Don’t touch!’ If I hold her foot she says ‘Don’t touch!’ But when I hold her waist-beads she pretends not to know.
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Foot Hands Hold Myself Pretend
If one finger brings oil it soils the others.
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Fingering Oneself
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
The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don’t always know what you get at the other end. If you are not careful you could replace a bad government with one much worse!
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End Government Known Leadership Oneself Problem Worst
The man that brings ant-infested faggots into his hut should not grumble when lizards begin to pay him a visit.
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Beginning Himself Man Pay Visit
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

The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them.

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