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

Chinua Achebe

Dancing is very important nowadays. No girl will look at you if you can’t dance.
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Dance Important See Yourself
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
As a rule I don’t like suffering to no purpose. Suffering should be creative, should give birth to something good and lovely.
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Creativity Love Purpose Rule Suffering
We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own.
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Humanity Ourselves Value
No matter how prosperous a man was, if he was unable to rule his women and his children (and especially his women) he was not really a man.
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Man Prosperity Rule Woman
People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.
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Creation Inspirational People Story Success
If a child washed his hands, he could eat with kings.
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Children Deep Eat Hands King Value Wash
Once you allow yourself to identify with the people in a story, then you might begin to see yourself in that story even if on the surface it’s far removed from your situation.
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Beginning Identify People Removal Situation Story Yourself
Women and music should not be dated.
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Date Music Woman
I prefer to go on trying all kinds of things, not to be told, This is the way it is done.
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Adventure Kindness Myself Way
People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that’s the time to do something about it, not when it’s around your neck.
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Finding Neck People Time Water Yourself
If I hold her hand she says, ‘Don’t touch!’ If I hold her foot she says ‘Don’t touch!’ But when I hold her waist-beads she pretends not to know.
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Foot Hands Hold Myself Pretend
A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.
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Himself Man Trouble
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
There is nothing to fear from someone who shouts.
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Character Fear Man Nature Oneself Shout
We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own. The Igbo, always practical, put it concretely in their proverb Onye ji onye n’ani ji onwe ya: ‘He who will hold another down in the mud must stay in the mud to keep him down.’
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Himself Humanity Moral Practical Stay Value

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

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