Nigeria is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be.
CHINUA ACHEBEA man who does not lick his lips, can he blame the harmattan for drying them?
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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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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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People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.
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If you don’t like someone’s story, write your own.
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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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No man however great is greater than his people.
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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.
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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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When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don’t just turn it off one day.
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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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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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The singer should sing well even if it is merely to himself, rather than dance badly for the whole world.
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An angry man is always a stupid man.
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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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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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