Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am – and what I need – is something I have to find out myself.
CHINUA ACHEBEA man who does not lick his lips, can he blame the harmattan for drying them?
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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Every lizard lies on its belly, so we cannot tell which has a belly-ache
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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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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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My weapon is literature.
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Every generation must find its mission and fulfill it, as Fanon said – or betray it. So it is not something that you can write up on the wall, saying this is what has to be done. Every generation has to discover what it needs to do.
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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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The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don’t always know what you get at the other end. If you are not careful you could replace a bad government with one much worse!
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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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Procrastination is a lazy man’s apology.
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Dancing is very important nowadays. No girl will look at you if you can’t dance.
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An artist in my view is always afraid of extremists; he is always afraid of those who claim to have found the ultimate solution to any question.
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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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A debt may get mouldy, but it never decays.
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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 disease that has never been seen before cannot be cured with every-day herbs.
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