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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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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Government
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In fact, I thought that Christianity was very a good and a very valuable thing for us. But after a while, I began to feel that the story that I was told about this religion wasnt perhaps completely whole, that something was left out. – Chinua Achebe

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good
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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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Rosa Parks was a woman of strength, conviction, and morality. Her action on December 1, 1955, to defy the law made her a leading figure in our nations civil rights history. – John Shimkus

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strength

Theres something thats sexy about a guy who has the strength to kill somebody, but is also vulnerable enough to be in love. Its just those two sides – like, I dont know why, but women for some reason arent attracted to normal guys, like, guys who are in between. – Evan Peters

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strength

They just didnt have the sense of the strength of their vote. Just thought it wasnt necessary. – Charles Phillips

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strength

What is called a sincere work is one that is endowed with enough strength to give reality to an illusion. – Max Jacob

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strength

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The expression “to write something down” suggests a descent of thought to the fingers whose movements immediately falsify it. – William Gass, “Habitations of the Word,” Kenyon Review, October 1984

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