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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.

Chinua Achebe

As a rule I don’t like suffering to no purpose. Suffering should be creative, should give birth to something good and lovely.
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Creativity Love Purpose Rule Suffering
Do not be in a hurry to rush into the pleasures of the world like the young antelope who danced herself lame when the main dance was yet to come.
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Dance Hurry Lame Pleasure
The language of young men is pull down and destroy; but an old man speaks of conciliation.
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Destroy Language Man Old Repair Talk Togetherness Young
A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.
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Himself Man Trouble
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 Finding Myself Need Teaching
An angry man is always a stupid man.
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Angry Man Stupidity
We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own.
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Humanity Ourselves Value
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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Development Finding Rural Thinking
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
A debt may get mouldy, but it never decays.
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Debt Decay
If one finger brings oil it soils the others.
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Fingering Oneself
One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
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Compromise Integrity Refusal Test True
People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.
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Creation Inspirational People Story Success
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
Each of my books is different. Deliberately. I wanted to create my society, my people, in their fullness.
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Book Creation Different Myself People
When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground.
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Death Ground Library Man Old

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