"Men have learned to shoot without missing their……" — Chinua Achebe
"Men have learned to shoot without missing their mark and I have learned to fly without perching on a twig."
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Chinua Achebe
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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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More Fly Quotes
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I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able…
— Alexis Arguello
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Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on…
— Mary Kay Ash
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None of God's Creatures absolutely consider'd are in their own Nature Contemptible; the meanest Fly, the poorest Insect has its…
— Mary Astell
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What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native seat.
— Marcus Aurelius
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I could sell used battery acid and make it fly.
— Dan Aykroyd
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Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.
— Lauren Bacall
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Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding, find out what…
— Richard Bach
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A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.
— Kevin Bacon
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I deliberately fly in and out of LA for as small a time as humanly possible.
— Eric Bana
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I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
— Douglas Adams
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In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground.
— Douglas Adams
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Faith without works is like a bird without wings; though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she…
— Francis Beaumont
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