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Quote by Chinua Achebe
But I liked Yeats! That wild Irishman. I really loved his love of

But I liked Yeats! That wild Irishman. I really loved his love of language, his flow. His chaotic ideas seemed to me just the right thing for a poet. Passion! He was always on the right side. He may be wrongheaded, but his heart was always on the right side. He wrote beautiful poetry. – Chinua Achebe

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The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you dont always know what you get at the other end. If you are not careful you could replace a bad government with one much worse! – Chinua Achebe

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