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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.

Chinua Achebe

A goat does not eat into a hen’s stomach no matter how friendly the two may be.
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Friendship Goat Hen Stomach
Every lizard lies on its belly, so we cannot tell which has a belly-ache
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Animal Lying Philosophy
If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.
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Hear Understand Yourself
When a coward sees a man he can beat he becomes hungry for a fight.
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Competition Coward Fight Hungry Man See
When a mad man walks naked, it is his kinsmen who feel shame, not himself.
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Feeling Himself Madness Man Naked Shame
If you don’t like someone’s story, write your own.
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Inspirational Motivational Writing Yourself
When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don’t just turn it off one day.
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Enough Oneself Strength Tradition
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
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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Art Conversation Eat Word
One reason why I am quite angry with what is happening in Nigeria today is that everything has collapsed. If I decide to go back now, there will be so many problems – where will I find the physical therapy and other things that I now require?
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Angry Collapse Quit Reason Therapy Trouble
Storytellers are a threat. They threaten all champions of control, they frighten usurpers of the right-to-freedom of the human spirit — in state, in church or mosque, in party congress, in the university or wherever.
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Control Freedom Human Religion Spirit Threat
Whatever music you beat on your drum there is somebody who can dance to it.
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Dance Finding Music Self Love Yourself
Once you allow yourself to identify with the people in a story, then you might begin to see yourself in that story even if on the surface it’s far removed from your situation.
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Beginning Identify People Removal Situation Story Yourself
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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Afraid Artist Question Solution Ultimate View
The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them.
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Motivational Shine Stand Sun
If one finger brings oil it soils the others.
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Fingering Oneself

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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