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When a mad man walks naked, it is his kinsmen who feel shame, not himself.

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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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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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When a coward sees a man he can beat he becomes hungry for a fight.
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Every generation must recognize and embrace the task it is peculiarly designed by history and by providence to perform.
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If a child washed his hands, he could eat with kings.
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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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Dancing is very important nowadays. No girl will look at you if you can’t dance.
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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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The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.
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The world is like a Mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place.
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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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He is a fool who treats his brother worse than a stranger.
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Just think of the work you’ve set yourself to do, and do it as well as you can.
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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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A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.
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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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My weapon is literature.
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In dealing with a man who thinks you are a fool, it is good sometimes to remind him that you know what he knows but have chosen to appear foolish for the sake of peace.
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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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Whenever you see a toad jumping in broad daylight, then know that something is after its life.
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In fact, I thought that Christianity was very a good and a very valuable thing for us. But after a while, I began to feel that the story that I was told about this religion wasn’t perhaps completely whole, that something was left out.
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground.
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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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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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Most writers who are beginners, if they are honest with themselves, will admit that they are praying for a readership as they begin to write. But it should be the quality of the craft, not the audience, that should be the greatest motivating factor.
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When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands.
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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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