We live in a materialist world, and materialism appeals so strongly to humanity, no matter where.
WOLE SOYINKAPower is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie.
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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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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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We all have our individual artistic temperaments as well as partisanships in creative directions. And we have strong opinions on the merits of the products of our occupation.
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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.
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See, even despite pious statements to the contrary, much of the industrialized world has not yet come to terms with the recognition of the fallacy of what I call the strong man syndrome.
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No man beholds his mother’s womb Yet who denies it’s there? Coiled To the navel of the world is that Endless cord that links us all To the great Origin. If I lose my way. The trailing cord will bring me to the roots.
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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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As a global citizen, I sometimes feel like denying my identity.
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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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Don’t take shadows too seriously. Reality is your only safety. Continue to reject illusion.
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For me, justice is the prime condition of humanity.
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I don’t really consider myself a novelist, it just came out purely by accident.
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You cannot live a normal existence if you haven’t taken care of a problem that affects your life and affects the lives of others, values that you hold which in fact define your very existence.
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The writer is the visionary of his people… He anticipates, he warns.
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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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