Whenever you see a toad jumping in broad daylight, then know that something is after its life.
CHINUA ACHEBEMy weapon is literature.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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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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When we are comfortable and inattentive, we run the risk of committing grave injustices absentmindedly.
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Art is man’s constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him.
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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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When a mad man walks naked, it is his kinsmen who feel shame, not himself.
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Nobody can teach me who I am.
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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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A child cannot pay for its mother’s milk.
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When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands.
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If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.
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Wisdom is like a goatskin bag; every man carries his own.
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Just think of the work you’ve set yourself to do, and do it as well as you can.
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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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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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If you don’t like someone’s story, write your own.
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