No man however great is greater than his people.
CHINUA ACHEBEWhen brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate.
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Whatever music you beat on your drum there is somebody who can dance to it.
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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!
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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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In fact, I thought that Christianity was very a good and a very valuable thing for us. But after a while, I began to feel that the story that I was told about this religion wasn’t perhaps completely whole, that something was left out.
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Dancing is very important nowadays. No girl will look at you if you can’t dance.
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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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One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
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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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Each of my books is different. Deliberately. I wanted to create my society, my people, in their fullness.
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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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No matter how prosperous a man was, if he was unable to rule his women and his children (and especially his women) he was not really a man.
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While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.
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If a child washed his hands, he could eat with kings.
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When mother-cow is chewing grass its young ones watch its mouth
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There is no story that is not true.
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