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!
CHINUA ACHEBEDo not be in a hurry to rush into the pleasures of the world like the young antelope who danced herself lame when the main dance was yet to come.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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When we are comfortable and inattentive, we run the risk of committing grave injustices absentmindedly.
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The language of young men is pull down and destroy; but an old man speaks of conciliation.
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My son even if you want to fall, at least fall where your bones can be gathered.
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A disease that has never been seen before cannot be cured with every-day herbs.
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If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.
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Most writers who are beginners, if they are honest with themselves, will admit that they are praying for a readership as they begin to write. But it should be the quality of the craft, not the audience, that should be the greatest motivating factor.
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I think not just Nigeria but I think the whole of Africa has to turn back to the rural areas and that’s where the majority of the citizens are and that’s where the engine of of development has to be found.
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The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them.
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There is that great proverb – that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.
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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.
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When a coward sees a man he can beat he becomes hungry for a fight.
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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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We do not seek to hurt any man, but if any man seeks to hurt us may he break his neck.
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If a child washed his hands, he could eat with kings.
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People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.
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