For me, justice is the prime condition of humanity.
WOLE SOYINKAReligion has really spawned some monsters. It always has, historically. Go all the way back to the Inquisition, you know, the Crusades, the Jehad and so on.
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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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There is something really horrific for any human being who feels he is being consumed by other people.
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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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History teaches us to beware of the excitation of the liberated and the injustices that often accompany their righteous thirst for justice.
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But theater, because of its nature, both text, images, multimedia effects, has a wider base of communication with an audience. That’s why I call it the most social of the various art forms.
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Governance can dig itself into a huge hole and not even know it’s in there.
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But when you’re deprived of it for a lengthy period then you value human companionship. But you have to survive and so you devise all kinds of mental exercises and it’s amazing.
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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 began writing early – very, very early… I was already writing short stories for the radio and selling poems to poetry and art festivals; I was involved in school plays; I wrote essays, so there was no definite moment when I said, ‘Now I’m a writer.’ I’ve always been a writer.
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For me, a writer is already being the deuce of his mission, his occupation to society.
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If man cannot, what god dare claim perfection?
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I believe that each writer must decide in which language he or she is most comfortable.
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I have no money to give to you but I have ideas and organizational capacity.
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The youth should come together to challenge the status quo. They must not give up.
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A tiger does not proclaim his tigritude, he pounces.
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