I consider the process of gestation just as important as when you’re actually sitting down putting words to the paper.
WOLE SOYINKAWe all have our individual artistic temperaments as well as partisanships in creative directions. And we have strong opinions on the merits of the products of our occupation.
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My understanding of the creative process is simply that all cultures and all concerns meet at a certain point, the human point in which everything is related to one another. That has been my creative experience.
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I never hesitated, as a student, in embracing the necessity of violence. In South Africa, I didn’t just accept it; I looked forward to it as a mission.
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Looking at faces of people, one gets the feeling there’s a lot of work to be done.
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You accept whoever you are interacting with, directly, or indirectly.
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Be yourself. Ultimately just be yourself.
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When a leader encourages the culture of impunity, the society is lost and it makes the work harder for the rest of us.
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And gradually they’re beginning to recognize the fact that there’s nothing more secure than a democratic, accountable, and participatory form of government. But it’s sunk in only theoretically, it has not yet sunk in completely in practical terms.
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I don’t know any other way to live but to wake up everyday armed with my convictions, not yielding them to the threat of danger and to the power and force of people who might despise me.
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Sadness is twilight’s kiss on earth.
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We all have our individual artistic temperaments as well as partisanships in creative directions. And we have strong opinions on the merits of the products of our occupation.
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For me, justice is the prime condition of humanity.
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As a global citizen, I sometimes feel like denying my identity.
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It’s the place to begin, always — to return to home, literally.
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I have one abiding religion-human liberty.
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We do not ask the mountain’s aid to crack a walnut.
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