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.
CHINUA ACHEBEIf you don’t like someone’s story, write your own. If you don’t like what somebody says, say what it is you don’t like.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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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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The price a world language must be prepared to pay is submission to many different kinds of use.
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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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Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.
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A coward may cover the ground with his words but when the time comes to fight he runs away.
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A disease that has never been seen before cannot be cured with every-day herbs.
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An angry man is always a stupid man.
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The impatient idealist says: ‘Give me a place to stand and I shall move the earth.’ But such a place does not exist. We all have to stand on the earth itself and go with her at her pace.
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Every lizard lies on its belly, so we cannot tell which has a belly-ache
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The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them.
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If a child washed his hands, he could eat with kings.
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If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.
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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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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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A debt may get mouldy, but it never decays.
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