Chinua Achebe Quotes

People from different parts of the world can respond to the same story if it says something to them about their own history and their own experience.

Chinua Achebe

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

HistoryExperiencePeopleWorldOwn

I am very tenacious.

Jenny Craig

I AmTenaciousVeryAm

I'm glad I won it because when I grew up the Pulitzer was the award that every composer wanted and I was like that too.

John Corigliano

AwardUpBecauseLikeGladWanted

Gone must be the days of only pointing fingers at others to fix what they may never fix. Our nation's ills are not merely the result of corruption or racism, although these are evil. Our troubles can also be traced directly to ineffective Christians.

Tony Evans

RacismEvilCorruptionResultNever

Today, credit rating agencies rate companies, countries and bonds.

Mike Fitzpatrick

TodayCreditBondsRatingCompanies

Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, and so many others were my dearest friends and greatest teachers.

Lloyd Alexander

FriendsTeachersOthersGreatest

Ronald Reagan used to alarm his Soviet counterparts by saying that surely they'd both unite against an invasion from Mars.

Christopher Hitchens

SayingMarsUniteUsedAgainstHis

Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.

Winston Churchill

PreparedMartyrdomAlthoughPostponed

It's easy to get discouraged; just keep writing because you love to do it, and you'll keep improving.

Suzanne Weyn

LoveWritingEasyYouImprovingGet

Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door?

Tyra Banks

WomenGirlDoorBlackSexyAmerican

I love to eat makhanas, and I always keep a packet in my car.

Twinkle Khanna

LoveCarAlwaysEatKeepI Love

One should not forget that there are very few surviving items from this period, often just single, small bones, a tooth, a sliver of the skull. Categorizing these pieces can be very difficult.

Richard Leakey

SmallForgetDifficultSingleSkull

One of the things I've learned is that baseball is something that happens over time.

Mark Walter

TimeBaseballOverThingsSomething

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