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There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.

Chinua Achebe

If you don’t like someone’s story, write your own.
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Inspirational Motivational Writing Yourself
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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Expression Feeling Story Talk
If one finger brings oil it soils the others.
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Fingering Oneself
Women and music should not be dated.
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Date Music Woman
Privilege, you see, is one of the great adversaries of the imagination; it spreads a thick layer of adipose tissue over our sensitivity.
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Greatness Imagination Man Privilege Yourself
There is that great proverb – that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.
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Deep Glorify Greatness Hunt Proverb Story
Nigeria is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be.
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Government Leadership Politics
Every generation must recognize and embrace the task it is peculiarly designed by history and by providence to perform.
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Design Embrace Generation History Performance Recognition Task
There is nothing to fear from someone who shouts.
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Character Fear Man Nature Oneself Shout
Become familiar with your home, but know also about your neighbors. The young man who never went anywhere thinks his mother is the greatest cook.
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Cook Greatness Home Known Mom Neighbor
The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.
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Experience Learning Philosophy Wisdom
My son even if you want to fall, at least fall where your bones can be gathered.
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Bone Fall Myself Son
When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not see.
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Mouth Old Ourselves People Sweet
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
I am against people reaping where they have not sown. But we have a saying that if you want to eat a toad you should look for a fat and juicy one.
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Eat People Talk Yourself
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

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