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Chinua Achebe Quotes

When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: nigerian
Birth: November 16, 1930 - March 21, 2013

Topics

School People Going Read Stories

'Obama and Biden want to raise taxes by a trillion dollars.' Guess what? Yes, we do in one regard: We want to let that trillion dollar tax cut expire so the middle class doesn't have to bear the burden of all that money going to the super-wealthy. That's not a tax raise. That's called fairness where I come from.

Money Fairness Tax Burden Want Bear

After filming, I can't wait to shake off all that '50s primness. I'll go out to a gig and dance ridiculously. I love to lose myself in music. Just letting go - it's dead important.

Love Music Myself Dance Wait Lose

I'm not of the manor born; I've never felt entitled in that way. I just came to Hollywood to be an actor. All that lifestyle stuff is something to be managed.

Born Lifestyle Hollywood Actor Way

When I talk to teachers, parents, superintendents, my colleagues, everyone wants to fix No Child Left behind. There is great dissatisfaction with No Child Left Behind.

Great Child Parents Colleagues Talk

We don't want the Taliban to put down roots, or the al Qaeda to put down roots in Afghanistan that can facilitate Afghanistan becoming - once again - a launching pad for international terrorism.

Roots Down Terrorism Want Becoming

I think the impulse to get to the heart of the story and to tell it well is in my genes.

Heart Story Think Tell Genes Well

A story is built on characters and reasons.

Steven Amsterdam

Story Reasons Built Characters

What modern humans need help with is escaping from the despair of politics, commerce and media, escaping from the drabness and oppressiveness of worldly values and seeing through suburban mentality and normal community standards so that they can find some much-needed relief for their wilting souls.

Community Politics Media Help Values

I'm a mathematician and always have been, as far as I can remember. I don't remember when I first got involved with mathematics, but I think of myself always as a mathematician first.

Mathematics Myself Think Remember

People who don't know the true character of God - who don't believe He is merciful, gracious and slow to anger - can never have a close, personal, intimate relationship with Him.

God Character Relationship Anger

One cannot weep for the entire world, it is beyond human strength. One must choose.

Strength World Choose Beyond Human

I am a big devourer of James Baldwin.

I Am Big Am James

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