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Now one of the changes that must come to Africa is the idea of limited rule, I mean in term of how long one leader can stay in power. The era of president for life is not gone yet but it is on its way out and that is one of the problems with Mugabe and others.

Chinua Achebe

The lizard that jumped from a high Iroko tree to the ground said he would praise himself if no-one else did.
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Deep Lizard Philosophy Praise
I think back to the old people I knew when I was growing up, and they always seemed larger than life.
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Growth Life Old People Thinking
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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Direction Neighbor People Story
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
If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.
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Hear Understand Yourself
A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
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Himself Man Worth
A debt may get mouldy, but it never decays.
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Debt Decay
The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them.
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Motivational Shine Stand Sun
There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.
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Moral Obligation Power Thinking
People go to Africa and confirm what they already have in their heads and so they fail to see what is there in front of them.
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Confirm Failure Head People See
An angry man is always a stupid man.
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Angry Man Stupidity
A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.
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Himself Man Trouble
There is no story that is not true.
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One Liner Story True
When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate.
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Brother Death Fight Profit Stranger
No man however great is greater than his people.
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Greatness Leadership Man People Position Value
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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Better Brave Coward Live Praise Worth

Now one of the changes that must come to Africa is the idea of limited rule, I mean in term of how long one leader can stay in power. The era of president for life is not gone yet but it is on its way out and that is one of the problems with Mugabe and others.

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Now one of the changes that must come to Africa is the idea of limited rule, I mean in term of how long one leader can stay in power. The era of president for life is not gone yet but it is on its way out and that is one of the problems with Mugabe and others.

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