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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.

Chinua Achebe

A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.
CHINUA ACHEBE

Himself Man Trouble
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
It is the storyteller who makes us what we are, who creates history. The storyteller creates the memory that the survivors must have – otherwise their surviving would have no meaning.
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Creation History Meaning Storyteller Survival
A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.
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Democracy Education Function Government Leadership Participate
Just think of the work you’ve set yourself to do, and do it as well as you can.
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Thinking Work Yourself
We do not seek to hurt any man, but if any man seeks to hurt us may he break his neck.
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Break Hurt Man Neck Seek
If you don’t like someone’s story, write your own.
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Inspirational Motivational Writing Yourself
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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Children Family Man Sex Tribe Woman World
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
A debt may get mouldy, but it never decays.
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Debt Decay
A disease that has never been seen before cannot be cured with every-day herbs.
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Carry Cure Disease Hospital
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
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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Clear Fools Himself Man Peace Togetherness White Winning
A coward may cover the ground with his words but when the time comes to fight he runs away.
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Coward Fight Run Time War
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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Adventure Kindness Myself Way
You do not know me,’ said Tortoise. ‘I am a changed man. I have learned that a man who makes trouble for others makes trouble for himself.
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Change Learning Myself

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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