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A pen on paper is the ideal way for me. I am not really very comfortable with machines I never learned to type very well.
Chinua Achebe
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Chinua Achebe
Age: 82 †
Born: 1930
Born: November 16
Died: 2013
Died: March 22
Essayist
Literary Critic
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Albert Chinualumogu Achebe
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I don't like to see mistakes on the typewriter. I like a perfect script. On the typewriter I will sometimes leave a phrase that is not right, not what I want, simply because to change it would be a bit messy.
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Anybody who wants to rule a group will find that if this group is quarreling among themselves they leave you alone.
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The world is like a Mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place.
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A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.
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A man to whom you do a favor will not understand if you say nothing, make no noise, just walk away. You may cause more trouble by refusing a bribe than by accepting it.
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Living fire begets cold, impotent ash.
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When there is a big tree small ones climb on its back to reach the sun.
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