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Only a humanity to whom death has become as indifferent as its members, that has itself died, can inflict it administratively on innumerable people. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

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Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

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What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens - whether people are of a different ethnicity or gender. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#country #different #ethnicity #fair #gender

My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts; my father was an evangelist, a religious teacher. He and my mother traveled for thirty-five years to different parts of Igboland, spreading the gospel. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#converts #different #different parts #early #father

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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A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times. ↗

— Lord Acton

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War is not the continuation of politics with different means, it is the greatest mass-crime perpetrated on the community of man. ↗

— Alfred Adler

#continuation #different #different means #greatest #man

When I'm out there on the field, I'm in a whole different world, you know? It's like, I'm just having so much fun. ↗

— Freddy Adu

#different world #field #fun #having #i

My parent's divorce and hard times at school, all those things combined to mold me, to make me grow up quicker. And it gave me the drive to pursue my dreams that I wouldn't necessarily have had otherwise. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

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Certain people want to see me solely as a pop act, but there are many different sides to Christina Aguilera besides the pop girl. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

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