"A man who calls his kinsmen to a feast does not do so to save them from starving. They all have food in their own homes. When we gather together in the moonlit village ground it is not because of the moon. Every man can see it in his own compound. We come together because it is good for kinsmen to do so."

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Source : Chinua Achebe (1996). “Things Fall Apart”, p.118, Heinemann

Chinua Achebe

#Home Quotes #Moon Quotes #Men Quotes

“In the face of terrorism, a united front is one of the strongest weapons.”
“I've written what and when I want to. It's been about expressing myself. But with the degree, I had to learn to do everything in a very specific, disciplined way. I am very disciplined, but this demanded a totally different kind of discipline. A real challenge.”

Source : "I prefer birdsong to chatter". Interview with Helen Birch, www.theguardian.com. November 4, 2005.
“a question has the most power before we rush to answer it, when it is still making us think, still testing us.”

Source : Jacqueline Winspear (2010). “Among the Mad: A Maisie Dobbs Novel”, p.116, Macmillan
“Memorizing dialogue has always come easy and quickly to me. My wife Eileen is also very helpful. She gives me choices, and asks me questions, and runs my lines with me.”
“A store in Houston is selling Donald Trump piÃ±atas filled with candy. So finally something good is going to come out of Donald Trump.”
“All you can do is make your decisions based on what you know now”
“I've always wanted to be in the health and wellness business. I try to encourage people to live a healthy lifestyle.”
“And I find perfect beauty excessively boring, don't you?”

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