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Quote by Chinua Achebe
Nigeria has had a complicated colonial history. My work has examin

Nigeria has had a complicated colonial history. My work has examined that part of our story extensively. – Chinua Achebe

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When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched battles in different places, and set up their administrations, the men surrendered. And it was the women who led the first revolt. – Chinua Achebe

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Women
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Art is mans constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him. – Chinua Achebe

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If you go back through 2000 years, I guess luck, Marx, and God have made history, the three of them together. – Theodore White

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Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is weak, it suffers world history. – Albert Schweitzer

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History does nothing it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this. – Karl Marx

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If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life. – Billy Graham

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There is always sufficient reason for despair, but there is never sufficient purpose. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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First, I think more Americans need to declare their independence from partisan politics on both sides. The more that Americans declare their independence, the more the parties will have to compete for their votes using reason rather than the hateful appeals. – John Avlon

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