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Wole Soyinka has 110 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• I have one abiding religion-human liberty.
• Be yourself. Ultimately just be yourself.
• Don't take shadows too seriously. Reality is your only safety. Continue to reject illusion.
• African film makers are scraping by on a mere pittance.
• I am convinced that Nigeria would have been a more highly developed country without the oil. I wished we'd never smelled the…
• We live in a materialist world, and materialism appeals so strongly to humanity, no matter where.
• For me, justice is the prime condition of humanity.
• History teaches us to beware of the excitation of the liberated and the injustices that often accompany their righteous thirst for justice.
• Being the first black Nobel laureate, and the first African, the African world considered me personal property. I lost the remaining shreds…
• You cannot live a normal existence if you haven't taken care of a problem that affects your life and affects the lives…
• Let's say there are prospects for a new Nigeria, but I don't think we have a new Nigeria yet.
• But the ultimate lesson is just sit down and write. That's all.

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