I prefer to go on trying all kinds of things, not to be told, This is the way it is done.

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I prefer to go on trying all kinds of things, not to be told, This is the way it is done.

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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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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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Procrastination is a lazy man’s apology.

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Procrastination is a lazy man’s apology.
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What a man does not know is greater than he.

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What a man does not know is greater than he.
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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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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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Description
Only the story can continue beyond the war and the warrior. The story outlives the sound of the war drum… The story is our escort. Without it we are blind… It is the thing that sets us apart from cattle.

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Only the story can continue beyond the war and the warrior. The story outlives the sound of the war drum… The story is our escort. Without it we are blind… It is the thing that sets us apart from cattle.
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Cattle Warrior
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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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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Audience Factor Praying
A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.

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A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.
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Participate
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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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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Therapy
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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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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Lizard
An angry man is always a stupid man.

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An angry man is always a stupid man.
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There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.

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There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.
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Obligation
A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness

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A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness
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Ethnicity
Charity is the opium of the privileged.

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Charity is the opium of the privileged.
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Opium
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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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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Identify Removal
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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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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Oneself Wings
While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.
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