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The people you see in Nigeria today have always lived as neighbors in the same space for as long as we can remember. So it's a matter of settling down, lowering the rhetoric, the level of hostility in the rhetoric is too high. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#down #high #hostility #level #lived

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

#battles #beginning #british #came #century

Always remember that the future comes one day at a time. ↗

— Dean Acheson

#always #comes #day #future #one day

Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed. ↗

— Dean Acheson

#become #controversial #hallowed #once #proposals

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time. ↗

— Dean Acheson

#best #comes #day #future #one day

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

#between #both #important #important aspect #most

An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial world, and in instances no longer rare the most precious and permanent goods of human life have been madly sacrificed in the interests of momentary enrichment. ↗

— Felix Adler

#been #commercial #commercial world #craving #desire

We've been very bad at understanding why the right-wing does things. ↗

— Kathy Acker

#been #does #right-wing #things #understanding

If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation. ↗

— John Acton

#burden #emancipation #knowledge #obstacle #past

I was in preschool and a girl actually kissed me on the cheek. I didn't know what to do. I didn't know what it meant, so I instantly grabbed her face and kissed her on the lips. And, then I got suspended. ↗

— Jensen Ackles

#cheek #face #girl #got #grabbed