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Me Quotes by Wole Soyinka
- For me, justice is the prime condition of humanity.
- 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,…
- 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…
- No man beholds his mother's womb Yet who denies it's there? Coiled To the navel of the world is that Endless cord that links us…
- I don’t know any other way to live but to wake up everyday armed with my convictions, not yielding them to the threat of danger…
- Well, the first thing is that truth and power for me form an antithesis, an antagonism, which will hardly ever be resolved. I can define…
- My horizon on humanity is enlarged by reading the writers of poems, seeing a painting, listening to some music, some opera, which has nothing at…
- The novel, for me, was an accident. I really don't consider myself a novelist.
- My father was a schoolteacher, and so I had the advantage of both western educational instruction in the school, as well as what you might…
More Me Quotes
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale