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Writers are human. I shudder to think how I must sometimes appear to others.

Wole Soyinka

But the ultimate lesson is just sit down and write. That’s all.
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All Lesson Sit Sown Ultimate Write
Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.
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All Book Form Suppress Terror Truth Wish Write
What I teach is literary criticism and comparative literature and so on and that’s my function, but from time to time it’s possible for me actually to help a writer. I read something and something strikes me then, I feel I can talk to that writer about it.
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Actually Comparative Criticism Function Literacy Literature Possible Something Strike Talk Teach Time Writer
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
Sadness is twilight’s kiss on earth.
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Earth Sadness Twilight
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
Let’s say there are prospects for a new Nigeria, but I don’t think we have a new Nigeria yet.
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Country People Person Prospect Say Yet
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
If man cannot, what god dare claim perfection?
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Claim Dare God Man Perfection
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
When I say war, I’m not talking about mental war; I’m talking about totally eliminating the obstacles to transformation of our children.
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Children Eliminate Mental Obstacle Our Say Talk Totally Transformation War
The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.
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Absence Criticism Freedom Greatest Threat
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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Amaze Country Everywhere Human Interest People Person Potential Presence Travel
It’s the place to begin, always — to return to home, literally.
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Always Begin Home Literally Place Return
There is something really horrific for any human being who feels he is being consumed by other people.
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Consume Feel Horrific Human Being Other People Really Sometimes
Well, some people say I’m pessimistic because I recognize the eternal cycle of evil. All I say is, look at the history of mankind right up to this moment and what do you find?
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Cycle Eternal Evil People Pessimistic Recognizing Say Some

Writers are human. I shudder to think how I must sometimes appear to others.

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