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Chinua Achebe quotes

Nigerian Writer November 16, 1930

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The whole idea of a stereotype is to simplify. Instead of going through the problem of all this great diversity - that it's this or maybe that - you have just one large statement; it is this. Chinua Achebe
I was a supporter of the desire, in my section of Nigeria, to leave the federation because it was treated very badly with something that was called genocide in those days. Chinua Achebe
Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and start practicing again. We have to begin to learn to rule ourselves again. Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe quote: "If you don't like someone's story, write your own."
If you don't like someone's story, write your own. Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe quote: "I don't care about age very much."
I don't care about age very much. Chinua Achebe
When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not see. Chinua Achebe
...stories are not always innocent;...they can be used to put you in the wrong crowd, in the party of the man who has come to dispossess you. Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe quote: "What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens -..."
What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens - whether people are of a different ethnicity or gender. Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe quote: "Procrastination is a lazy man's apology."
Procrastination is a lazy man's apology. Chinua Achebe
If I hold her hand she says, ‘Don’t touch!’ If I hold her foot she says ‘Don’t touch!’ But when I hold her waist-beads she pretends not to know. Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe quote: "Every generation must recognize and embrace the task it is..."
Every generation must recognize and embrace the task it is peculiarly designed by history and by providence to perform. Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe quote: "A toad does not run in the daytime for nothing"
A toad does not run in the daytime for nothing Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe quote: "Those whose kernels were cracked by benevolent spirit should..."
Those whose kernels were cracked by benevolent spirit should not forget to be humble. Chinua Achebe
And theories are no more than fictions which help us to make sense of experience and which are subject to disconfirmation when their explanations are no longer adequate. Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe quote: "Presidents do not go off on leave without telling the country."
Presidents do not go off on leave without telling the country. Chinua Achebe

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