Small: My joy knows no bounds... I will devote all my energy and all the powers available to me to the service of Nig
"My joy knows no bounds... I will devote all my energy and all the powers available to me to the service of Nigeria and humanity"
Olusegun Obasanjo, Statesman
Small: I am a black man inside and outside and you are white men on the outside, but inside, you are Africans like me
"I am a black man inside and outside and you are white men on the outside, but inside, you are Africans like me"
Olusegun Obasanjo, Statesman
Small: Corruption, the greatest single bane of our society today
"Corruption, the greatest single bane of our society today"
Olusegun Obasanjo, Statesman
Small: My gut feelings and my faith tell me that until God shuts a door, no human can shut it
"My gut feelings and my faith tell me that until God shuts a door, no human can shut it"
Olusegun Obasanjo, Statesman
Small: We will work to bring an element of stability to the price of oil
"We will work to bring an element of stability to the price of oil"
Olusegun Obasanjo, Statesman
Small: Let me make a solemn pledge before all of you, before the whole world and before God, that I will devote all m
"Let me make a solemn pledge before all of you, before the whole world and before God, that I will devote all my energy and all I possess in my power to serve the people of Nigeria and humanity"
Olusegun Obasanjo, Statesman
Small: I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge that our foreign friends are welcome to join in our endeavor to
"I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge that our foreign friends are welcome to join in our endeavor to develop the resources of our country"
Olusegun Obasanjo, Statesman
Small: The greatest religions convert the world through stories
"The greatest religions convert the world through stories"
Ben Okri, Poet
Small: We will as soon as possible reexamine our laws and policies and eliminate all obstacles to genuine investment
"We will as soon as possible reexamine our laws and policies and eliminate all obstacles to genuine investment"
Olusegun Obasanjo, Statesman
Small: Reading, like writing, is a creative act. If readers only bring a narrow range of themselves to the book, then
"Reading, like writing, is a creative act. If readers only bring a narrow range of themselves to the book, then they'll only see their narrow range reflected in it"
Ben Okri, Poet
Small: Politics is the art of the possible creativity is the art of the impossible
"Politics is the art of the possible; creativity is the art of the impossible"
Ben Okri, Poet
Small: Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. Thats why we call it the present
"Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That's why we call it the present"
Babatunde Olatunji, Musician
Small: We have fallen into this very mean description of humanity. Naturalism in fiction is too reductive in its defi
"We have fallen into this very mean description of humanity. Naturalism in fiction is too reductive in its definition of human beings"
Ben Okri, Poet
Small: Our time here is magic! Its the only space you have to realize whatever it is that is beautiful, whatever is t
"Our time here is magic! It's the only space you have to realize whatever it is that is beautiful, whatever is true, whatever is great, whatever is potential, whatever is rare, whatever is unique, in. It's the only space"
Ben Okri, Poet
Small: I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went there because of Dickens and Shakespea
"I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went there because of Dickens and Shakespeare"
Ben Okri, Poet
Small: The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and
"The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering"
Ben Okri, Poet
Small: The higher the artist, the fewer the gestures. The fewer the tools, the greater the imagination. The greater t
"The higher the artist, the fewer the gestures. The fewer the tools, the greater the imagination. The greater the will, the greater the secret failure"
Ben Okri, Poet
Small: Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide
"Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide"
Ben Okri, Poet
Small: The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our attention away from what they
"The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our attention away from what they are really doing"
Ben Okri, Poet
Small: Dont despair too much if you see beautiful things destroyed, if you see them perish. Because the best things a
"Don't despair too much if you see beautiful things destroyed, if you see them perish. Because the best things are always growing in secret"
Ben Okri, Poet
Small: They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used th
"They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of free election. You tend to lose the habit"
Chinua Achebe, Writer
Small: A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself
"A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself"
Chinua Achebe, Writer
Small: People create stories create people or rather stories create people create stories
"People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories"
Chinua Achebe, Writer
Small: One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised
"One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised"
Chinua Achebe, Writer
Small: Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and start practic
"Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and start practicing again. We have to begin to learn to rule ourselves again"
Chinua Achebe, Writer
Small: The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience
"The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience"
Chinua Achebe, Writer
Small: The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair
"The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair"
Chinua Achebe, Writer
Small: When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he
"When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool"
Chinua Achebe, Writer
Small: The whole idea of a stereotype is to simplify. Instead of going through the problem of all this great diversit
"The whole idea of a stereotype is to simplify. Instead of going through the problem of all this great diversity - that it's this or maybe that - you have just one large statement; it is this"
Chinua Achebe, Writer
Small: Nigera is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be
"Nigera is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be"
Chinua Achebe, Writer
Small: Art is mans constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him
"Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him"
Chinua Achebe, Writer
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