Quote by Wole Soyinka
Well, the first thing is that truth and power for me form an antit

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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Theres a kind of dynamic quality about theater and that dynamic quality expresses itself in relation to, first of all, the environment in which its being staged then the audience, the nature of the audience, the quality of the audience. – Wole Soyinka

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Im not one of those writers I learned about who get up in the morning, put a piece of paper in their typewriter machine and start writing. That Ive never understood. – Wole Soyinka

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But when youre deprived of it for a lengthy period then you value human companionship. But you have to survive and so you devise all kinds of mental exercises and its amazing. – Wole Soyinka

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While the State exists there can be no freedom when there is freedom there will be no State. – Vladimir Lenin

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A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. – Roald Dahl

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Freedom is an internal achievement rather than an external adjustment. – Powell Clayton

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Im privileged, because I have a lot of freedom. I want to use it to make as warm and normal a life as I can for our daughters. – Jennifer Garner

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