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Privilege, you see, is one of the great adversaries of the imagination; it spreads a thick layer of adipose tissue over our sensitivity.

Chinua Achebe

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
When mother-cow is chewing grass its young ones watch its mouth
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Man Watch Young
When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool.
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Door Hard Time Himself Knock Suffering Worry
We shall all live. We pray for life, children, a good harvest and happiness. You will have what is good for you and I will have what is good for me. Let the kite perch and let the egret perch too. If one says no to the other, let his wing break.
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Break Children Live Prayer Wing
In dealing with a man who thinks you are a fool, it is good sometimes to remind him that you know what he knows but have chosen to appear foolish for the sake of peace.
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Deal Fools Goodness Known Man Peace Thinking Yourself
A disease that has never been seen before cannot be cured with every-day herbs.
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Carry Cure Disease Hospital
No man however great is greater than his people.
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Greatness Leadership Man People Position Value
One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
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Compromise Integrity Refusal Test True
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
Wisdom is like a goatskin bag; every man carries his own.
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Carry Himself Man Wisdom
The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.
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Damage Repair Time
Dancing is very important nowadays. No girl will look at you if you can’t dance.
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Dance Important See Yourself
You do not know me,’ said Tortoise. ‘I am a changed man. I have learned that a man who makes trouble for others makes trouble for himself.
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Change Learning Myself
If you don’t like someone’s story, write your own.
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Inspirational Motivational Writing Yourself
A man who does not lick his lips, can he blame the harmattan for drying them?
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Blame Dry Lips Man
When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not see.
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Mouth Old Ourselves People Sweet

Privilege, you see, is one of the great adversaries of the imagination; it spreads a thick layer of adipose tissue over our sensitivity.

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Privilege, you see, is one of the great adversaries of the imagination; it spreads a thick layer of adipose tissue over our sensitivity.

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