Chinua Achebe Quotes

I was a supporter of the desire, in my section of Nigeria, to leave the federation because it was treated very badly with something that was called genocide in those days.

Chinua Achebe

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

DesireGenocideLeaveDaysSomething

I like to build places online where readers can have productive conversations about books.

John Green

BuildPlacesWhereProductiveBooks

The game in beauty is changing so much, if your product isn't high tech or can't make a unique performance claim - plump your lips, reduce your lines, look glossy, and stay on for 24 hours - you can't go to market today. I'm not just talking about a $20 lipstick, but a $5 lipstick!

Andrea Jung

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Only when a man will not do some things is he capable of doing great things.

Mencius

GreatManDoingGreat ThingsWill

My family kept its history to itself. On the plus side, I didn't have to hear nightmarish stories about the Holocaust, the pogroms, terrible illnesses, painful deaths. My elderly parents never even spoke about their ailments.

Amy Bloom

FamilyHistoryParentsHolocaust

Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next.

Jonas Salk

MindThinkingLookWillNextTell

I think mortality makes you live a fuller existence. When I was a kid I was scared of death, and maybe that's what made me desperate to get the most out of life.

Dolph Lundgren

LifeLiveDeathMeThinkYou

It's very strange. I can't go anywhere without somebody stopping me, which is so cool that I get to connect to people that I never might've ever spoken to, or they have an impetus to speak to me. It's created a career that I wasn't sure if I'd ever really have.

Chrissy Metz

PeopleMeCoolSpeakCareerGo

Weightlessness is a wonderful experience. It feels like magic. It really does.

Brian Binnie

ExperienceMagicWonderfulLikeDoes

Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity that was at hand.

Bruce Barton

OpportunityMenTalentNewHand

The book may be garbage, but if it weighs in at a kilo or more, I stand before its author in awe.

Arthur Smith

BookStandMoreGarbageAweMay

I never wanted to be famous; that was not my dream. I just like being creative.

Shenaz Treasury

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I'm 56 - I don't want to look like I'm 20.

Marie Helvin

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