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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.

Chinua Achebe

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
If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.
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Hear Understand Yourself
There is nothing to fear from someone who shouts.
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Character Fear Man Nature Oneself Shout
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
If you don’t like someone’s story, write your own.
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Inspirational Motivational Writing Yourself
Procrastination is a lazy man’s apology.
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Apology Man Perspective Procrastination
Do not be in a hurry to rush into the pleasures of the world like the young antelope who danced herself lame when the main dance was yet to come.
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Dance Hurry Lame Pleasure
Whatever music you beat on your drum there is somebody who can dance to it.
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Dance Finding Music Self Love Yourself
I think back to the old people I knew when I was growing up, and they always seemed larger than life.
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Growth Life Old People Thinking
A man who does not lick his lips, can he blame the harmattan for drying them?
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Blame Dry Lips Man
Storytellers are a threat. They threaten all champions of control, they frighten usurpers of the right-to-freedom of the human spirit — in state, in church or mosque, in party congress, in the university or wherever.
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Control Freedom Human Religion Spirit Threat
I think not just Nigeria but I think the whole of Africa has to turn back to the rural areas and that’s where the majority of the citizens are and that’s where the engine of of development has to be found.
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Development Finding Rural Thinking
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
Now one of the changes that must come to Africa is the idea of limited rule, I mean in term of how long one leader can stay in power. The era of president for life is not gone yet but it is on its way out and that is one of the problems with Mugabe and others.
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Change Ideas Leadership Limitation Power Problem Stay
Dancing is very important nowadays. No girl will look at you if you can’t dance.
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Dance Important See Yourself
When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don’t just turn it off one day.
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Enough Oneself Strength Tradition

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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