Chinua Achebe Quotes

Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him.

Chinua Achebe

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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People often ask if my books should be read in any particular order, but they're all standalone novels, so picking up any one of them would be fine.

Jennifer McMahon

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I am a smoker, I'm ashamed to say. I had given it up for many years, then picked it up again. It's a horrible habit. I struggle with myself all the time. And I love to smoke.

Melissa Leo

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We don't know the probabilities of future events. Still, you have to take action, and so you do it on gut feeling. That's the world we live in.

Robert J. Shiller

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We're novices. We have friends now who are part of the freshman class who in some cases have run for Congress two and three times before they won their seat.

Max Burns

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That's what's interesting: When you release an album, everyone hears it their own way.

Stromae

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Most people think of success and failure as opposites, but they both are products of the same process.

Roger von Oech

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I was a very good student. Procrastinating gives me anxiety, and getting a B really ticked me off. Sure, I didn't always want to do my homework, but I actually really liked school. As nerdy as it sounds, I love learning.

Josie Loren

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A dash of frugality is a good thing for everyone.

Jason Chaffetz

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The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.

Jawaharlal Nehru

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A god who let us prove his existence would be an idol.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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I sing, and the musicians kind of fit things around me.

Aretha Franklin

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Even though I pretty much made my own decisions early on, when I was younger I tended to overbook my life.

Sheena Easton

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