Nobody can teach me who I am.
CHINUA ACHEBEIf 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.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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Each of my books is different. Deliberately. I wanted to create my society, my people, in their fullness.
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What a man does not know is greater than he.
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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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If 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.
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A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.
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An angry man is always a stupid man.
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It has always been quite apparent to me that no important story can fail to tell us something of value to us.
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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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A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness
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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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People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that’s the time to do something about it, not when it’s around your neck.
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There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.
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When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool.
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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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If a child washed his hands, he could eat with kings.
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