Well, the first thing is that truth and power for me form an antithesis, an antagonism, which will hardly ever be resolved. I can define in fact, can simplify the history of human society, the evolution of human society, as a contest between power and freedom.
WOLE SOYINKASadness is twilight’s kiss on earth.
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But the ultimate lesson is just sit down and write. That’s all.
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I have no money to give to you but I have ideas and organizational capacity.
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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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To achieve any change in the minds of the youth, there must be reorientation in terms of materialistic tendencies, corruption and crime generally.
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Looking at faces of people, one gets the feeling there’s a lot of work to be done.
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There is something really horrific for any human being who feels he is being consumed by other people.
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There is only one home to the life of a river-mussel; there is only one home to the life of a tortoise; there is only one shell to the soul of man: there is only one world to the spirit of our race. If that world leaves its course and smashes on boulders of the great void, whose world will give us shelter?
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The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.
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I believe that each writer must decide in which language he or she is most comfortable.
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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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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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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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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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I can look violence in the face and either reject or accept it.
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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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