Each of my books is different. Deliberately. I wanted to create my society, my people, in their fullness.
CHINUA ACHEBEArt is man’s constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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If you have leaders who are prepared to incite group against group it is very easy to manufacture reasons and excuses.
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When mother-cow is chewing grass its young ones watch its mouth
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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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I don’t like to see mistakes on the typewriter. I like a perfect script. On the typewriter I will sometimes leave a phrase that is not right, not what I want, simply because to change it would be a bit messy.
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Charity is the opium of the privileged.
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The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.
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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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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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There is no story that is not true.
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There is nothing to fear from someone who shouts.
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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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A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness
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People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.
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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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If one finger brings oil it soils the others.
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