Wole Soyinka Quotes

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• I have one abiding religion-human liberty. Abiding
• Be yourself. Ultimately just be yourself. Inspirational
• Don't take shadows too seriously. Reality is your only safety. Continue to reject illusion. Continue
• African film makers are scraping by on a mere pittance. African
• I am convinced that Nigeria would have been a more highly developed country without the oil. I wished we'd never smelled the fumes of petroleum. Been
• We live in a materialist world, and materialism appeals so strongly to humanity, no matter where. Appeals
• For me, justice is the prime condition of humanity. Condition
• History teaches us to beware of the excitation of the liberated and the injustices that often accompany their righteous thirst for justice. Accompany
• Being the first black Nobel laureate, and the first African, the African world considered me personal property. I lost the remaining shreds of my anonymity,… African
• You cannot live a normal existence if you haven't taken care of a problem that affects your life and affects the lives of others, values… Affects
• Let's say there are prospects for a new Nigeria, but I don't think we have a new Nigeria yet. Inspirational
• But the ultimate lesson is just sit down and write. That's all. All
• I found, when I left, that there were others who felt the same way. We'd meet, they'd come and seek me out, we'd talk about… Acute
• I consider the process of gestation just as important as when you're actually sitting down putting words to the paper. Actually Sitting
• It's the place to begin, always -- to return to home, literally. Begin
• A tiger does not proclaim his tigritude, he pounces Doe
• The writer is the visionary of his people... He anticipates, he warns. Anticipate
• Only 4 sets of people can vote for the PDP: (1) those who are intellectually blind; (2) those who are blinded by ethnicity; (3) those… Afraid
• One, a mass movement from within, which, as you know, is constantly being put down brutally but which, again, regroups and moves forward as is… Brutally
• Boko Haram represents the ultimate Fatwa of our time. The question is does the sect's Fatwa represent the articulated position of the majority of Muslims… Affliction

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