Privilege, you see, is one of the great adversaries of the imagination; it spreads a thick layer of adipose tissue over our sensitivity.
CHINUA ACHEBEEvery generation must recognize and embrace the task it is peculiarly designed by history and by providence to perform.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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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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The lizard that jumped from a high Iroko tree to the ground said he would praise himself if no-one else did.
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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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Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.
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A child cannot pay for its mother’s milk.
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When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands.
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If one finger brings oil it soils the others.
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Whenever you see a toad jumping in broad daylight, then know that something is after its life.
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When a mad man walks naked, it is his kinsmen who feel shame, not himself.
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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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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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An angry man is always a stupid man.
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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 cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own.
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Women and music should not be dated.
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