Chinua Achebe Quotes
The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.
Quotes to Explore
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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First of all, I'm pretty private about my personal life.
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I was a good decathlete until I got with a coach that really knew how to train specifically for the event... I'd really describe it as like being a juggler; you have ten balls and you're trying to get them all in the air at the same time.
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Like great teams in sports and business endeavors, if there's a chemistry among the participants, and they truly enjoy fellowship together, everybody wants to be there, stay involved, and just have fun together.
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Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.
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I've never really had a TV career. I've been a soldier and a climber.
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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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Every time you make a film, you create a world. You make decisions about sets and costumes, and you create a universe connected to reality, but not reality itself.
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Arab-led Islamic fundamentalism destabilizes nations from Algeria to the Philippines.
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In my proper character, I am an officer of the United States Army.
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My job is to help more people have jobs.
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More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.
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Healthy forests and wetlands stand sentry against the dangers of climate change, absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and locking it away in plants, root systems and soil.
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What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter.
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Academic institutions in Britain have been infiltrated for years by dangerous theocratic fantasists. I should know: I was one of them.
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If you care about injustice, and if you care about freedom, and you care about human rights, then you care about them everywhere.
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I figured out early on what I wanted to do.
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My wife watches me like a hawk.
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The N.Y.C. tech scene is vibrant, and Betabeat will be a great vehicle to cover it in depth.
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Helping others is the key duty for everyone on this earth who is remotely capable to do so.
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The fruit falls off the tree. You don't shake it off before it's ready to fall.
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I wouldn't trade this experience for the world, and I hope I get to be a part of 'The Voice' for as long as I can.
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The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.
