Nigeria is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be.
CHINUA ACHEBEThere is no story that is not true.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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We shall all live. We pray for life, children, a good harvest and happiness. You will have what is good for you and I will have what is good for me. Let the kite perch and let the egret perch too. If one says no to the other, let his wing break.
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I am against people reaping where they have not sown. But we have a saying that if you want to eat a toad you should look for a fat and juicy one.
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The singer should sing well even if it is merely to himself, rather than dance badly for the whole world.
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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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Dancing is very important nowadays. No girl will look at you if you can’t dance.
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The lizard that jumped from a high Iroko tree to the ground said he would praise himself if no-one else did.
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No man however great is greater than his people.
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There is nothing to fear from someone who shouts.
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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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A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
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When we are comfortable and inattentive, we run the risk of committing grave injustices absentmindedly.
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It has always been quite apparent to me that no important story can fail to tell us something of value to us.
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There is no story that is not true.
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An angry man is always a stupid man.
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Each of my books is different. Deliberately. I wanted to create my society, my people, in their fullness.
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