"It is the storyteller who makes us what……" — Chinua Achebe
"It is the storyteller who makes us what we are, who creates history. The storyteller creates the memory that the survivors must have - otherwise their surviving would have no meaning."
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162 Quotes by Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe has 162 quotes on this site.
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One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
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When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to…
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When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we…
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People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it,…
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I tell my students, it's not difficult to identify with somebody like yourself, somebody next door who looks like you.…
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A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.
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The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.
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Oh, the most important thing about myself is that my life has been full of changes. Therefore, when I observe…
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What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens - whether people are of a different…
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Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to…
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The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don't always know what you get at the other end.…
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Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and…
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Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state…
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Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.
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Here's the thing - I mean, I don't act for statues. I really don't. The great thing about winning an…
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A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.
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Life is suffering. We have desires and expectations and egos, and we compare the reality we have, which is miraculous…
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I learned from Mr. Wrigley, early in my career, that loyalty wins and it creates friendships. I saw it work…
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The lover of life makes the whole world into his family, just as the lover of the fair sex creates…
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Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.
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Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
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All oppression creates a state of war.
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One of the interesting things about comedy is it's tension release, and nothing creates tension faster than anger.
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