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Chinua Achebe Quotes: I don't want to be the one to tell somebody, You will not make it, even though I know that the majority of those who come to me with their manuscripts are not really good enough.
         

I don't want to be the one to tell somebody, You will not make it, even though I know that the majority of those who come to me with their manuscripts are not really good enough.


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



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