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As a global citizen, I sometimes feel like denying my identity.
Wole Soyinka
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Wole Soyinka
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: July 13
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People say human nature is a very vague expression, people tend to say human nature is corruptible anyway and it comes from a theological point of view, goes back to the Garden of Eden, that there is always this corrupt gene waiting to be activated that we inherited from the very beginning. I don't believe in that theological excuse.
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Even when I'm writing plays I enjoy having company and mentally I think of that company as the company I'm writing for.
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How do I feel when I am invited to a congregation of scientists? I feel quite at home. When they break into their cultic scientific argot, I know when I'm not wanted and step out for a drink.
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