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In fact my mom always told me because I was the daughter of an Army officer born overseas in Paris France that under the Constitution she believed that I could never run for president.
People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle that's the time to do something about it not when it's around your neck.
Quotes By Chinua Achebe
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When the British came to Ibo land for instance at the beginning of the 20th...
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My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They...
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When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries you don't...
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I've had trouble now and again in Nigeria because I have spoken up about the...
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But I liked Yeats! That wild Irishman. I really loved his love of language...
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A functioning robust democracy requires a healthy educated participatory...
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Nigeria has had a complicated colonial history. My work has examined that...
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The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don't always...
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In fact I thought that Christianity was very a good and a very valuable...
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I tell my students it's not difficult to identify with somebody like...
Quotes About Time
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To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a...
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No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every...
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It's plain hokum. If you can't convince 'em confuse 'em. It's an old...
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A lot of people would be embarrassed to admit that they were on 'Barney' but...
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I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.
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October is a fine and dangerous season in America. a wonderful time to begin...
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I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things.
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No story is the same to us after a lapse of time or rather we who read it are...
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I'm being treated like a sex object cried the lady. No matter. I will take...
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If I have to move up in a building I choose the elevator over the escalator....