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People go to Africa and confirm what they already have in their heads and so they fail to see what is there in front of them.

Chinua Achebe

A coward may cover the ground with his words but when the time comes to fight he runs away.
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Coward Fight Run Time War
If you don’t like someone’s story, write your own. If you don’t like what somebody says, say what it is you don’t like.
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Expression Feeling Story Talk
We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own.
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Humanity Ourselves Value
My weapon is literature.
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Literature Myself Weapon
People go to Africa and confirm what they already have in their heads and so they fail to see what is there in front of them.
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Confirm Failure Head People See
Do 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.
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Dance Hurry Lame Pleasure
It is praiseworthy to be brave and fearless, but sometimes it is better to be a coward. We often stand in the compound of a coward to point at the ruins where a brave man used to live.
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Better Brave Coward Live Praise Worth
The price a world language must be prepared to pay is submission to many different kinds of use.
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Different Kind Language Price Submission World
Become familiar with your home, but know also about your neighbors. The young man who never went anywhere thinks his mother is the greatest cook.
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Cook Greatness Home Known Mom Neighbor
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
A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
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Himself Man Worth
What a man does not know is greater than he.
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Greatness Himself Man
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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Afraid Artist Question Solution Ultimate View
He is a fool who treats his brother worse than a stranger.
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Brother Fools Treat Worst
Wisdom is like a goatskin bag; every man carries his own.
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Carry Himself Man Wisdom
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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Direction Neighbor People Story

People go to Africa and confirm what they already have in their heads and so they fail to see what is there in front of them.

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People go to Africa and confirm what they already have in their heads and so they fail to see what is there in front of them.

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