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Chinua Achebe Quotes: I am against people reaping where they have not sown. But we have a saying that if you want to eat a toad you should look for a fat and juicy one.
         

I am against people reaping where they have not sown. But we have a saying that if you want to eat a toad you should look for a fat and juicy one.


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One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.



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