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Well, some people say I’m pessimistic because I recognize the eternal cycle of evil. All I say is, look at the history of mankind right up to this moment and what do you find?
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See, even despite pious statements to the contrary, much of the industrialized world has not yet come to terms with the recognition of the fallacy of what I call the strong man syndrome.
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I consider the process of gestation just as important as when you’re actually sitting down putting words to the paper.
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I said: “A tiger does not proclaim his tigritude, he pounces”. In other words: a tiger does not stand in the forest and say: “I am a tiger”. When you pass where the tiger has walked before, you see the skeleton of the duiker, you know that some tigritude has been emanated there.
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Don’t take shadows too seriously. Reality is your only safety. Continue to reject illusion.
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The media must be used effectively to reach the masses. You have to find a new language in which to address the people and demonstrate what is possible.
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As a global citizen, I sometimes feel like denying my identity.
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Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.
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I rarely use mythology for its own sake because, as a theatre person, the mythological figures are in fact humanity to the ninth degree and Yoruba mythology in particular has fascination of being one of the most humanised mythologies in the world.
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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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I cannot accept the definition of collective good as articulated by a privileged minority in society, especially when that minority is in power.
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I am convinced that Nigeria would have been a more highly developed country without the oil. I wished we’d never smelled the fumes of petroleum.
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Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie.
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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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Colonialism bred an innate arrogance, but when you undertake that sort of imperial adventure, that arrogance gives way to a feeling of accommodativeness. You take pride in your openness.
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Sadness is twilight’s kiss on earth.
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