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It has always been quite apparent to me that no important story can fail to tell us something of value to us.

Chinua Achebe

Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.
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Art Conversation Eat Word
Nigeria is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be.
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Government Leadership Politics
When mother-cow is chewing grass its young ones watch its mouth
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Man Watch Young
If one finger brings oil it soils the others.
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Fingering Oneself
As a rule I don’t like suffering to no purpose. Suffering should be creative, should give birth to something good and lovely.
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Creativity Love Purpose Rule Suffering
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
Every generation must find its mission and fulfill it, as Fanon said – or betray it. So it is not something that you can write up on the wall, saying this is what has to be done. Every generation has to discover what it needs to do.
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Discover Finding Fulfill Generation Mission Need
Whenever you see a toad jumping in broad daylight, then know that something is after its life.
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Animal Frog Known Life See Yourself
As long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us.
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Oneself Peace People Understand
Whatever music you beat on your drum there is somebody who can dance to it.
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Dance Finding Music Self Love Yourself
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
It is the storyteller who makes us what we are, who creates history. The storyteller creates the memory that the survivors must have – otherwise their surviving would have no meaning.
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Creation History Meaning Storyteller Survival
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
Wisdom is like a goatskin bag; every man carries his own.
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Carry Himself Man Wisdom
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
One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
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Compromise Integrity Refusal Test True

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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