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Chinua Achebe

And theories are no more than fictions which help us to make sense of experience and which are subject to disconfirmation when their explanations are no longer adequate.
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Experience Fiction Subject Theory
There is nothing to fear from someone who shouts.
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Character Fear Man Nature Oneself Shout
Every lizard lies on its belly, so we cannot tell which has a belly-ache
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Animal Lying Philosophy
My weapon is literature.
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Literature Myself Weapon
A disease that has never been seen before cannot be cured with every-day herbs.
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Carry Cure Disease Hospital
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
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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Apparent Important Ourselves Quite Value
Women and music should not be dated.
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Date Music Woman
What a man does not know is greater than he.
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Greatness Himself Man
He is a fool who treats his brother worse than a stranger.
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Brother Fools Treat Worst
The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don’t always know what you get at the other end. If you are not careful you could replace a bad government with one much worse!
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End Government Known Leadership Oneself Problem Worst
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
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
We do not seek to hurt any man, but if any man seeks to hurt us may he break his neck.
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Break Hurt Man Neck Seek
A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
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Himself Man Worth
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

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