"We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own. The Igbo, always practical, put it concretely in their proverb Onye ji onye n'ani ji onwe ya: 'He who will hold another down in the mud must stay in the mud to keep him down.'"

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Source : FaceBook post by Chinua Achebe from Jul 28, 2012

Chinua Achebe

#Humanity Quotes #Mud Quotes #Practicals Quotes

“Mr. Freeman: You are getting better at this, but it's not good enough. This looks like a tree,but it is an average, ordinary, everyday, boring tree. Breathe life into it. Make it bend - trees are flexible, so they don't snap. Scar it, give it a twisted branch - perfect trees don't exist. Nothing is perfect. Flaws are interesting. Be the tree.”
“Every once in a while I feel despair over the fate of the planet. If you've been following climate science, you know what I mean: the sense that we're hurtling toward catastrophe but nobody wants to hear about it or do anything to avert it.”
“Regaining the Champions Cup is not going to be easy.”
“I love to work with people who are great at what they do.”
“Since Im in the entertainment business, I think I have to hold a mirror up to myself and say, Am I complicit in miseducating and misinforming our youth by participating in this business, or can I use this business to re-educate and uplift?”
“I don't wear leather, wool, or silk.”
“You Weigh How Much You Should Criticize The President Because Hes Black”

Source : "CNN's Don Lemon: 'You Weigh How Much You Should Criticize The President Because He's Black'" by Ian Schwartz, www.realclearpolitics.com. February 27, 2014.
“I've been an ambassador of goodwill all over the world, spreading this message, did we do heal the world, treaty of all nations, circling this huge globe? What I don't understand is just singing about sex and "I want to get in a hot tub with you baby and rub you all over" and, but I get battered in the press as the weirdo.”

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