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I tell my students, it's not difficult to identify with somebody like yourself, somebody next door who looks like you. What's more difficult is to identify with someone you don't see, who's very far away, who's a different color, who eats a different kind of food. When you begin to do that then literature is really performing its wonders. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#begin #color #different #different color #different kind

I was a supporter of the desire, in my section of Nigeria, to leave the federation because it was treated very badly with something that was called genocide in those days. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#because #called #days #desire #federation

Sometimes people who are Jewish are held to a higher standard which sometimes we take great pride in. ↗

— Gary Ackerman

#great pride #held #higher #higher standard #jewish

I like to be able to present myself in two or three different ways because I've never really wanted to rest on my laurels and be something that people expected. ↗

— Bryan Adams

#because #different #different ways #expected #i

I pack every minute I can with something to do. ↗

— Bryan Adams

#i #i can #minute #pack #something

People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to. ↗

— George Allen, Sr.

#achieve #because #determined #know #mediocre

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#bought #cannot #give #integrity #measured

Life is so fresh, life is every day so new if we are fighting, only for the best. Sometimes I think the only real satisfaction in life is failure, failure in your endeavor to do your best. ↗

— Maude Adams

#day #do your best #endeavor #every #every day

I had several different bosses during the early years of 'Dilbert.' They were all pretty sure I was mocking someone else. ↗

— Scott Adams

#different #during #early #else #had

Some of my best friends are Venture Capitalists, but let's face it, a hamster with Alzheimer's could make those kind of numbers. It's great work if you can get it. ↗

— Scott Adams

#best #capitalists #could #face #friends