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For me, a writer is already being the deuce of his mission, his occupation to society.

Wole Soyinka

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
You have the entire gamut of human experience captured in the mythology of the Yoruba. This is what makes the Yoruba mythology a natural source material for me in my creative endeavours.
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Capture Entire Experience Gamut Human Make Mythology Natural Yoruba
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
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
We do not ask the mountain’s aid to crack a walnut.
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Ask Crack Mountain Not Walnut
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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Believe Best Kind Learn Look Other Process Work
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
But the ultimate lesson is just sit down and write. That’s all.
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All Lesson Sit Sown Ultimate Write
And gradually they’re beginning to recognize the fact that there’s nothing more secure than a democratic, accountable, and participatory form of government. But it’s sunk in only theoretically, it has not yet sunk in completely in practical terms.
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Accountable Beginning Democratic Fact Form Gradually More Nothing Participatory Recognize Secure
The man dies in all those that keep silent.
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All Die Keep Man Silent Those
Don’t take shadows too seriously. Reality is your only safety. Continue to reject illusion.
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Continue Illusion Reality Reject Safety Seriously Shadow
The writer is the visionary of his people… He anticipates, he warns.
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Anticipate People Visionary Warm Water
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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Sadness is twilight’s kiss on earth.
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Earth Sadness Twilight
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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I have no money to give to you but I have ideas and organizational capacity.
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