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When I say war, I’m not talking about mental war; I’m talking about totally eliminating the obstacles to transformation of our children.

Wole Soyinka

I cannot accept the definition of collective good as articulated by a privileged minority in society, especially when that minority is in power.
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Accept Articulated Collective Definition Good Minority Power Privilege Society Specially
The hand that dips into the bottom of the pot will eat the biggest snail.
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Biggest Bottom Dip Eat Hard Pot Small
I have one abiding religion-human liberty.
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Abide Body Have Human One Religion
Everybody knows that fraternities are a normal culture in all colleges. It exists in all colleges. President Clinton was a member of a fraternity. In fact, anybody who goes to College in the United States is a member of a College fraternity. There is absolutely nothing evil or occultic about fraternity.
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All College Cultural Everybody Fraternities Know Normal Wexist
We live in a materialist world, and materialism appeals so strongly to humanity, no matter where.
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Appeal Humanity Live Materialist Matter Strongly
You accept whoever you are interacting with, directly, or indirectly.
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Accept Direct Indirectly Interact Whoever
A tiger does not proclaim his tigritude, he pounces.
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Does Proclaim Pounce Tiger Tigribute
When a leader encourages the culture of impunity, the society is lost and it makes the work harder for the rest of us.
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Culture Encourage Harder Impurity Lost Make Rest Society Us World
Very conscious of the fact that an effort was being made to destroy my mind, because I was deprived of books, deprived of any means of writing, deprived of human companionship. You never know how much you need it until you’re deprived of it.
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Being Book Conscious Deprive Destroy Effort Fact Made Mean Mind Very Writing
I am convinced that Nigeria would have been a more highly developed country without the oil. I wished we’d never smelled the fumes of petroleum.
WOLE SOYINKA

Convince Country Develop Highly More Oil People
I am a very curious person; I’ll always ask: is this thing true, is it not true? And I use my own means to investigate and come to my conclusion.
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Always Ask Curious Person Thing True Very
Be yourself. Ultimately just be yourself.
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Be Just Ultimate Yourself
I don’t know any other way to live but to wake up everyday armed with my convictions, not yielding them to the threat of danger and to the power and force of people who might despise me.
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Arm Conviction Danger Day Every Know Other Power Threat Wake Way Yield
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.
WOLE SOYINKA

Amaze Country Everywhere Human Interest People Person Potential Presence Travel
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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Action Anti Attitude Create Distraction Gay Insincerity Legislator Like Lot Mobilise Try
Governance can dig itself into a huge hole and not even know it’s in there.
WOLE SOYINKA

Dig Even Governance Huge Itself Know There

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