"Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself."

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Source : FaceBook post by Chinua Achebe from Feb 17, 2012

Chinua Achebe

#Who I Am Quotes #Thought Provoking Quotes #Needs Quotes

“I love librarians more than any other people in the world. When I was an immigrant kid, theyâ€™ve made me feel like a human being and they gave me books that taught me English.”
“Halloween's coming. Kids get very imaginative in my neighborhood. Last year, three kids showed up as Goldman Sachs executives and demanded 4.5 billion pieces of candy.”
“I distinguish, between nationalism and patriotism.”
“Fundamentally a good author has his or her own sense of style. There is a natural, deep voice, and that voice is present from the first draft of a manuscript. When he or she elaborates on the initial manuscript, it continues to strengthen and simplify that natural, deep voice.”

Source : "Kenzaburo Oe, The Art of Fiction No. 195". Interviewed with Sarah Fay, www.theparisreview.org. Winter 2007.
“I not only weaken the opposition, Iâ€™m going to make them dead ... and if anyone is strong enough to try to hold a demonstration, I will beat all those dogs and put them in a cage.”
“The letter kills the spirit. The written text is mute in the face of responding challenge. It does not admit of inward growth and correction. Text subverts the absolutely vital role of memory.”
“All men who live with any degree of serenity live by some assurance of grace.”
“Economists suffer from a deep psychological disorder that I call 'physics envy'. We wish that 99 percent of economic behavior could be captured by three simple laws of nature. In fact, economists have 99 laws that capture 3 percent of behavior. Economics is a uniquely human endeavor ...”

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