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When a coward sees a man he can beat he becomes hungry for a fight.

Chinua Achebe

When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands.
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Beginning Education Land Learning Myself People
There is no story that is not true.
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One Liner Story True
The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them.
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Motivational Shine Stand Sun
A disease that has never been seen before cannot be cured with every-day herbs.
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Carry Cure Disease Hospital
Nobody can teach me who I am.
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Myself Philosophy Teaching
Privilege, you see, is one of the great adversaries of the imagination; it spreads a thick layer of adipose tissue over our sensitivity.
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Greatness Imagination Man Privilege Yourself
The world is large,” said Okonkwo. “I have even heard that in some tribes a man’s children belong to his wife and her family.” “That cannot be,” said Machi. “You might as well say that the woman lies on top of the man when they are making the babies.
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Children Family Man Sex Tribe Woman World
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
Just think of the work you’ve set yourself to do, and do it as well as you can.
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Thinking Work Yourself
When a man is at peace with his gods and ancestors, his harvest will be good or bad according to the strength of his arm.
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Arm God Goodness Harvest Man Peace Strength
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
An angry man is always a stupid man.
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Angry Man Stupidity
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
A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.
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Himself Man Trouble
The language of young men is pull down and destroy; but an old man speaks of conciliation.
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Destroy Language Man Old Repair Talk Togetherness Young
Nigeria is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be.
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Government Leadership Politics

When a coward sees a man he can beat he becomes hungry for a fight.

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