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Procrastination is a lazy man’s apology.

Chinua Achebe

There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.
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Moral Obligation Power Thinking
The world is like a Mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place.
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Dance Mask Place Stand World Yourself
The singer should sing well even if it is merely to himself, rather than dance badly for the whole world.
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Dance Singing World
A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.
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Democracy Education Function Government Leadership Participate
Every lizard lies on its belly, so we cannot tell which has a belly-ache
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Animal Lying Philosophy
Art is man’s constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him.
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Art Creation Effort Himself Reality
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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Eat People Talk Yourself
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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Confirm Failure Head People See
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
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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Arm God Goodness Harvest Man Peace Strength
When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground.
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Death Ground Library Man Old
The man that brings ant-infested faggots into his hut should not grumble when lizards begin to pay him a visit.
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Beginning Himself Man Pay Visit
No man however great is greater than his people.
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Greatness Leadership Man People Position Value
The world is large,” said Okonkwo. “I have even heard that in some tribes a man’s children belong to his wife and her family.” “That cannot be,” said Machi. “You might as well say that the woman lies on top of the man when they are making the babies.
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Children Family Man Sex Tribe Woman World
Whenever you see a toad jumping in broad daylight, then know that something is after its life.
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Animal Frog Known Life See Yourself
If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.
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Hear Understand Yourself

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