Governance can dig itself into a huge hole and not even know it’s in there.
WOLE SOYINKAThe writer is the visionary of his people… He anticipates, he warns.
More Wole Soyinka Quotes
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I can look violence in the face and either reject or accept it.
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It is the human potentials that interest me. I travel and everywhere I go I am amazed at the presence of Nigerians. The intelligence, integrity, productivity, initiative.
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There is something really horrific for any human being who feels he is being consumed by other people.
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I never hesitated, as a student, in embracing the necessity of violence. In South Africa, I didn’t just accept it; I looked forward to it as a mission.
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But theater, because of its nature, both text, images, multimedia effects, has a wider base of communication with an audience. That’s why I call it the most social of the various art forms.
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And I believe that the best learning process of any kind of craft is just to look at the work of others.
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The hand that dips into the bottom of the pot will eat the biggest snail.
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My definition of slavery is the deprivation of human volition, any form of relationship between two peoples which is based on the deprivation of volition of one side.
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If man cannot, what god dare claim perfection?
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Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.
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To achieve any change in the minds of the youth, there must be reorientation in terms of materialistic tendencies, corruption and crime generally.
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It’s the place to begin, always — to return to home, literally.
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We do not ask the mountain’s aid to crack a walnut.
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Be yourself. Ultimately just be yourself.
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For me, justice is the prime condition of humanity.
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