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Some of us – poets are not exactly poets. We live sometimes – beyond the word.

Wole Soyinka

Some of us – poets are not exactly poets. We live sometimes – beyond the word.
WOLE SOYINKA

Beyond Exactly Live Some Poet Sometimes World
As a global citizen, I sometimes feel like denying my identity.
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Citizen Deny Feel Global Identity Sometimes
For me, justice is the prime condition of humanity.
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Condition For Humanity Justice Prime
But the ultimate lesson is just sit down and write. That’s all.
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All Lesson Sit Sown Ultimate Write
The media must be used effectively to reach the masses. You have to find a new language in which to address the people and demonstrate what is possible.
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Address Demonstrate Effectively Find Language Mass Media Must New People Reach Use
The man dies in all those that keep silent.
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All Die Keep Man Silent Those
I said: “A tiger does not proclaim his tigritude, he pounces”. In other words: a tiger does not stand in the forest and say: “I am a tiger”. When you pass where the tiger has walked before, you see the skeleton of the duiker, you know that some tigritude has been emanated there.
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Other Prince Proclaim Say Stand Tiger Tignitude Word
I think that feeling that if one believed absolutely in any cause, then one must have the confidence, the self-certainty, to go through with that particular course of action.
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Absolute Believe Cause Certainty Confidence Feel Must One Self Think Through
I can look violence in the face and either reject or accept it.
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Accept Can Either Face Reject Took Violence
We do not ask the mountain’s aid to crack a walnut.
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Ask Crack Mountain Not Walnut
I began writing early – very, very early… I was already writing short stories for the radio and selling poems to poetry and art festivals; I was involved in school plays; I wrote essays, so there was no definite moment when I said, ‘Now I’m a writer.’ I’ve always been a writer.
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Began Early Festival Poem Poetry Selling Short Story Very Writing
I don’t really consider myself a novelist, it just came out purely by accident.
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Accident Came Consider Myself Novelist Purely Really
A human feast is an indifferent morsel to a god.
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Gfeast God Human Indifference Morsel
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
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
Religion has really spawned some monsters. It always has, historically. Go all the way back to the Inquisition, you know, the Crusades, the Jehad and so on.
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Always Back Crusades Go Historical Inquisition Know Monster Really Religion Some Swawned Way
Sadness is twilight’s kiss on earth.
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Earth Sadness Twilight
The media owes the responsibility to constantly tell the public the truth.
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Constantly Media Public Responsibility Truth
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 consider the process of gestation just as important as when you’re actually sitting down putting words to the paper.
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Actually Consider Gestation Important Process Put Sitmsown Word
My understanding of the creative process is simply that all cultures and all concerns meet at a certain point, the human point in which everything is related to one another. That has been my creative experience.
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Certain Concern Creative Culture Point Process Simply Understanding
The writer is the visionary of his people… He anticipates, he warns.
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Anticipate People Visionary Warm Water
The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.
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Absence Criticism Freedom Greatest Threat
The youth should come together to challenge the status quo. They must not give up.
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Challenge Come Give Must Status Together Youth
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
Culture is a matrix of infinite possibilities and choices. From within the same culture matrix we can extract arguments and strategies for the degradation and ennoblement of our species, for its enslavement or liberation, for the suppression of its productive potential or its enhancement.
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Choice Culture Matrix Poosisblity
Be yourself. Ultimately just be yourself.
WOLE SOYINKA

Be Just Ultimate Yourself

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