See, even despite pious statements to the contrary, much of the industrialized world has not yet come to terms with the recognition of the fallacy of what I call the strong man syndrome.
WOLE SOYINKAI rarely use mythology for its own sake because, as a theatre person, the mythological figures are in fact humanity to the ninth degree and Yoruba mythology in particular has fascination of being one of the most humanised mythologies in the world.
More Wole Soyinka Quotes
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Mythology can be used, and has been used, even to re-state, you know, the very urgent problems of the world.
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Be yourself. Ultimately just be yourself.
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. . . as far as the regime is concerned, well, the play is sheer terror for them. Because they feel, How dare – how dare anybody lift his or her voice in criticism against us? We have the guns. Their level of paranoia and power-drunkenness is unbelievable.
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A tiger does not proclaim his tigritude, he pounces.
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Looking at faces of people, one gets the feeling there’s a lot of work to be done.
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Romance is the sweetening of the soul With fragrance offered by the stricken heart.
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I consider the process of gestation just as important as when you’re actually sitting down putting words to the paper.
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I rarely use mythology for its own sake because, as a theatre person, the mythological figures are in fact humanity to the ninth degree and Yoruba mythology in particular has fascination of being one of the most humanised mythologies in the world.
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If man cannot, what god dare claim perfection?
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The youth should come together to challenge the status quo. They must not give up.
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There is only one home to the life of a river-mussel; there is only one home to the life of a tortoise; there is only one shell to the soul of man: there is only one world to the spirit of our race. If that world leaves its course and smashes on boulders of the great void, whose world will give us shelter?
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For me, a writer is already being the deuce of his mission, his occupation to society.
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There’s a lot of insincerity about the actions of our legislators; they create distractions – like this anti-gay law you alluded to – and try to mobilise, to exacerbate people’s emotions. Until the legislators started making laws, people minded, generally, their own business.
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Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie.
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I don’t really consider myself a novelist, it just came out purely by accident.
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