Quotes of Chinua Achebe

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The whole idea of a stereotype is to simplify. Instead of going through the problem of all this great diversity - that it's this or maybe that - you have just one large statement; It is this.

- Chinua Achebe

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“ The way you handle fear determines the results you have in life. If you are equipped with knowledge, you can overcome fear ”

- H. J. Chammas

“ Never run from the truth. It is always there; it never changes – save your energy. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ Everything is easier said than done. Wanting something is easy. Saying something is easy. The challenge and the reward are in the doing. ”

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“ Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase. ”

- Martin Luther King

“ The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink. ”

- T.S. Eliot

“ I do love nothing in the world so well as you is not that strange? ”

- William Shakespeare

“ We cannot face up to what lies ahead, without facing up to what lies within. ”

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“ An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it. ”

- William Bernbach

“ A lot goes into everything but sometimes you have to sacrifice everything in order to achieve a lot. ”

- Kayambila Mpulamasaka

“ Love alone could waken love. ”

- Pearl S. Buck

“ Nothing can bring a real sense of security into the home except true love. ”

- Billy Graham

“ Your Dreams Matter. Like an athlete trains, so must the student of life. Train the mind, body and spirit, so you may achieve anything. Life is about sharing your dreams/purpose (gifts/passions/talents) with the world and helping others find their way. ”

- Elizabeth SalamancaBrosig

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- John Green

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- Orhan Pamuk

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- Demetri Martin

“ Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. ”

- Max Ehrmann

“ You are everything I never knew I always wanted. ”

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“ When someone beats a rug, the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it. ”

- Gandhi

“ The beautiful thing about love is that you just need to plant it once and nurture it and it shall bloom into blossoms that would cover the valleys. ”

- Hermann J. Steinherr

“ Just when you think it can't get any worse, it can. And just when you think it can't get any better, it can. ”

- Nicholas Sparks

“ Love cannot be hidden. It even shines in the darkest places." ~ Carla Olson Gade, The Shadow Catcher's Daughter ”

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