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Each of my books is different. Deliberately. I wanted to create my society, my people, in their fullness.

Chinua Achebe

A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
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Himself Man Worth
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
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
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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Charity Forget Goodness Lying Necessary Reality Solution Work
One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
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Compromise Integrity Refusal Test True
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
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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Beyond Blind Cattle Ourselves Warrior
A disease that has never been seen before cannot be cured with every-day herbs.
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Carry Cure Disease Hospital
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
If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.
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Hear Understand Yourself
When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not see.
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Mouth Old Ourselves People Sweet
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
Now one of the changes that must come to Africa is the idea of limited rule, I mean in term of how long one leader can stay in power. The era of president for life is not gone yet but it is on its way out and that is one of the problems with Mugabe and others.
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Change Ideas Leadership Limitation Power Problem Stay
It is the story that owns and directs us. It is the thing that makes us different from cattle; it is the mark on the face that sets one people apart from their neighbors.
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Direction Neighbor People Story
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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Deep Lizard Philosophy Praise
My son even if you want to fall, at least fall where your bones can be gathered.
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Bone Fall Myself Son

Each of my books is different. Deliberately. I wanted to create my society, my people, in their fullness.

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Each of my books is different. Deliberately. I wanted to create my society, my people, in their fullness.

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