Quote by Chinua Achebe
People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, thats t

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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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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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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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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Saying goodbye doesnt mean anything. Its the time we spent together that matters, not how we left it. – Trey Parker

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Time = Life, Therefore, waste your time and waste of your life, or master your time and master your life. – Alan Lakein

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Love is space and time measured by the heart. – Marcel Proust

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