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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.

Chinua Achebe

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
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
An angry man is always a stupid man.
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Angry Man Stupidity
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
What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens – whether people are of a different ethnicity or gender.
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Citizenship Country Ethnicity Gender
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
Women and music should not be dated.
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Date Music Woman
A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness
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Character Ethnicity Greatness Man Pay Respect
A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
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Himself Man Worth
While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.
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Charity Forget Goodness Lying Necessary Reality Solution Work
When we are comfortable and inattentive, we run the risk of committing grave injustices absentmindedly.
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Attention Comfortable Commitment Grave Risk Run
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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Earth Existence Ideal Myself Place
People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.
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Creation Inspirational People Story Success
No man however great is greater than his people.
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Greatness Leadership Man People Position Value
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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Audience Beginning Factor Praying Writing

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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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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