What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens – whether people are of a different ethnicity or gender.
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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A child cannot pay for its mother’s milk.
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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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As long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us.
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There is no story that is not true.
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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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An angry man is always a stupid man.
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Whatever music you beat on your drum there is somebody who can dance to it.
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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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Let the kite perch and let the eagle perch too – If one says no to the other, let his wing break.
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The language of young men is pull down and destroy; but an old man speaks of conciliation.
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If one finger brings oil it soils the others.
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If a child washed his hands, he could eat with kings.
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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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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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People go to Africa and confirm what they already have in their heads and so they fail to see what is there in front of them.
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