To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about int… - Chinua Achebe

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To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.

Chinua Achebe

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About Chinua Achebe

Chinua Achebe (November 16, 1930 – March 21, 2013) was a Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic. His first novel, Things Fall Apart (1958), is the most widely read book in modern African literature.

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Alternative Names: Albert Chinualumogu Achebe • Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe

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Lame foot in the air.

What kind of power was it if everybody knew that it would never be used? Better to say that it was not there, that it was no more than the power in the anus of the proud dog who tried to put out a furnace with his puny fart.... He turned the yam with a stick.

In such a regime, I say you died a good death if your life had inspired someone to come forward and shoot your murderer in the chest - without asking to be paid.

To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them. - Chinua Achebe

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