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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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Ive had trouble now and again in Nigeria because I have spoken up about the mistreatment of factions in the country because of difference in religion. These are things we should put behind us. – Chinua Achebe

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Religion
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Chinua Achebe
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People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, thats the time to do something about it, not when its around your neck. – Chinua Achebe

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Time
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Chinua Achebe
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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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Art
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Strangers are exciting, their mystery never ends. But, theres nothing like looking at your own history in the faces of your friends. – Ani DiFranco

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History

Anybody who comes to the cinema is bringing theyre whole sexual history, their literary history, their movie literacy, their culture, their language, their religion, whatever theyve got. I cant possibly manipulate all of that, nor do I want to. – David Cronenberg

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History

Through all of history mankind has ingested psychedelic substances. Those substances exist to put you in touch with spirits beyond yourself, with the creator, with the creative impulse of the planet. – Ray Manzarek

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History

It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition. – Henry James

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History

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