Quote by Chinua Achebe
When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, y

When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you dont just turn it off one day. – Chinua Achebe

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A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership. – 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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In view of Chinas growing military strength and intentions, the best way to safeguard Asias permanent peace and prosperity is to have all Asian countries join forces with other democratic countries in the world to form a global community of democracies. – Jim Costa

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Who among us has the strength to oppose petty egoism, those petty good feelings, pity and remorse? – Ivan Turgenev

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I mean Im not smarter than the market, but I can recognize a good tape and a bad tape. I recognize when its right and when its wrong and thats what my strength is. – Jim Cramer

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A lot of guys have muscles. A lot of strong men in this world. I think its important to show that even under all this strength theres a fragile side, a side that can be affected. – Sylvester Stallone

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In our wildest aberrations we dream of an equilibrium we have left behind and which we naively expect to find at the end of our errors. Childish presumption which justifies the fact that child-nations, inheriting our follies, are now directing our history. – Albert Camus

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Evil can be a teacher, if you look at the wisdom of its negative power. – Tom Brown, Jr.

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By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth. – George Carlin

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