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People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

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Nigeria has had a complicated colonial history. My work has examined that part of our story extensively. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

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Stories serve the purpose of consolidating whatever gains people or their leaders have made or imagine they have made in their existing journey thorough the world. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

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When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched battles in different places, and set up their administrations, the men surrendered. And it was the women who led the first revolt. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

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The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president. ↗

— Dean Acheson

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I think it's really important to find out why people hurt you or try to oppose you or whatever. ↗

— Kathy Acker

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My father is an actor, so he brought me into his agency when I was young. It wasn't something I wanted to do until high school, when I started taking theater and really liked it. Then an agent found me and wanted me to come out to Los Angeles and give it a shot. I gave myself six months, but it only took me like a week to get a job. ↗

— Jensen Ackles

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The greatest men, you can quote for everything. ↗

— John Acton

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Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity. ↗

— Lord Acton

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I've got too many of my friends that retired and went home and got on a rocking chair, and about a year and a half later, I'm always going to the cemetery. ↗

— Red Adair

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