It’s the place to begin, always — to return to home, literally.
WOLE SOYINKAPower is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie.
More Wole Soyinka Quotes
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You accept whoever you are interacting with, directly, or indirectly.
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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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Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.
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Arts and the Sciences are a natural symbiosis. They stem from the same human existential impulse – exploration. Exploration of what lies beneath the surface, and re-confuguration of elements of what we call reality.
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Each time I think Ive created time for myself, along comes a throwback to disrupt my private space.
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Don’t take shadows too seriously. Reality is your only safety. Continue to reject illusion.
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Alfred Nobel regretted that his invention, dynamite, was converted to degrading use, hence his creation of the Nobel Prize, as the humanist counter to the destructive power of his genius.
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I rarely use mythology for its own sake because, as a theatre person, the mythological figures are in fact humanity to the ninth degree and Yoruba mythology in particular has fascination of being one of the most humanised mythologies in the world.
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We live in a materialist world, and materialism appeals so strongly to humanity, no matter where.
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The man dies in all those that keep silent.
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I know there are writers who get up every morning and sit by their typewriter or word processor or pad of paper and wait to write. I don’t function that way. I go through a long period of gestation before I’m even ready to write.
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A tiger does not proclaim his tigritude, he pounces.
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Be yourself. Ultimately just be yourself.
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The media owes the responsibility to constantly tell the public the truth.
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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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