I prefer to go on trying all kinds of things, not to be told, This is the way it is done.
CHINUA ACHEBEThe 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!
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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Whatever music you beat on your drum there is somebody who can dance to it.
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When a mad man walks naked, it is his kinsmen who feel shame, not himself.
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When a coward sees a man he can beat he becomes hungry for a fight.
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A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness
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Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am – and what I need – is something I have to find out myself.
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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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A disease that has never been seen before cannot be cured with every-day herbs.
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If you have leaders who are prepared to incite group against group it is very easy to manufacture reasons and excuses.
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Charity is the opium of the privileged.
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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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The price a world language must be prepared to pay is submission to many different kinds of use.
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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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Women and music should not be dated.
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My weapon is literature.
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No man however great is greater than his people.
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