Quote by Wole Soyinka
Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to sup

Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth. – Wole Soyinka

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But theater, because of its nature, both text, images, multimedia effects, has a wider base of communication with an audience. Thats why I call it the most social of the various art forms. – Wole Soyinka

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Art
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Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie. – Wole Soyinka

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power
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Well, the first thing is that truth and power for me form an antithesis, an antagonism, which will hardly ever be resolved. I can define in fact, can simplify the history of human society, the evolution of human society, as a contest between power and freedom. – Wole Soyinka

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Truth is always strange, stranger than fiction. – Lord Byron

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There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth not going all the way, and not starting. – Buddha

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Truth

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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Facts are many, but the truth is one. – Rabindranath Tagore

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Sympathy is charming, but it does not make up for pain. – Lillie Langtry

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