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6261 Nigerian Quotes

They spoke very little of their mutual feeling; pretty phrases and warm expressions being probably unnecessary between such tried friends.

Spoke Mutual feeling Pretty phrases Warm expressions
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Happiness was but the occasional episode in a general drama of pain.

Happiness Occasional episode General drama Pain
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Beauty lay not in the thing, but in what the thing symbolized.

Beauty The thing Symbolized
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People go on marrying because they can't resist natural forces, although many of them may know perfectly well that they are possibly buying a month's pleasure with a life's discomfort.

People Marrying Resist Natural forces
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It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs.

Woman Define Feelings Language
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Ladies know what to guard against, because they read novels that tell them of these trick.

Ladies Guard against Read novels Tell them
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Why is it that a woman can see from a distance what a man cannot see close?

Woman Can see Distance Man
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I shall do one thing in this life - one thing certain - that is, love you, and long for you, and keep wanting you till I die.
One thing This life Love you Keep wanting
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If an offense come out of the truth, better is it that the offense come than that the truth be concealed.

An offense Truth Better Concealed
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The beauty or ugliness of a character lay not only in its achievements, but in its aims and impulses; its true history lay, not among things done, but among things willed.

The beauty Character Achievements Aims
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A man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

Man's silence Wonderful Listen
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our impulses are too strong for our judgement sometimes

Our impulses Too strong Judgement sometimes
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This hobble of being alive is rather serious, don’t you think so?
Hobble Being alive Serious
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So each had a private little sun for her soul to bask in; some dream, some affection, some hobby, or at least some remote and distant hope.

Little sun Soul Some dream Affection
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You overrate my capacity of love. I don't posses half the warmth of nature you believe me to have. An unprotected childhood in a cold world has beaten gentleness out of me.

You overrate Capacity Love Warmth
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All romances end at marriage.

All romances End At marriage
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I may do some good before I am dead--be a sort of success as a frightful example of what not to do; and so illustrate a moral story.

Some good Dead Success Frightful example
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Indifference to fate which, though it often makes a villain of a man, is the basis of his sublimity when it does not.

Fate Makes Villain A man
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When a strong woman recklessly throws away her strength she is worse than a weak woman who has never had any strength to throw away.

Strong woman Throws away Strength Worse than
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I want to question my belief, so that what is left after I have questioned it, will be even stronger.

Question My belief Even stronger
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Teach me to live, that I may dread The grave as little as my bed. Teach me to die.

Teach me Live Grave My bed
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O, you have torn my life all to pieces... made me be what I prayed you in pity not to make me be again!

Have torn My life Prayed In pity
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O, how I wish I had never seen him! Loving is misery for women always.

Wish Never seen Loving Misery
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The world is boring right now and I refuse to be bored.

Boring The world Refuse Be bored
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Those who happily defaced the Bilboard of the despised opposition a year ago,are angrily burning the billboard of their favorites a year after.

Happily Billboard Opposition Defaced
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Whenever the Bandits Kills, we see the evidence of their dastardly and cruel acts; Whenever you kill the Bandits, let’s see the evidence of your courageous and heroic acts.

Bandits Kill Evidence Cruel act
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Peaceful protesters don’t come or move with looters, they meet them in the streets.

Peaceful Protesters Looters Street
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There are two people guilty of the cruelty of rape; the rapist and the society that stigmatizes the victims of rape.

Guilty Rape The rapist Society
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Democracy will only return to Nigeria when Buhari leaves office

Democracy Nigeria Buhari Office
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419 no be thief, it's just a game Everybody dey play em

419 Thief Everybody Dey
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419 is just a game. You are the loser, I am the winner
Game 419 The loser The winner
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Everyone has a certain fear or limitation which can make them do the wrong thing at any point in time.Fear makes you push the things you ought to do now into the future.

Everyone Certain fear Wrong thing Push
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The richest cities in Nigeria are those with a lot of immigrants from other parts of the country. Any state that wants to become rich should encourage people from other states to move and settle there.

Richest cities Immigrants Parts Country
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If you look at the number of tests, the number of deaths, the reports from the media and the current state of the lockdown, it is clear Nigeria is following a 'let the virus do what it wants' solution. So why bother closing businesses?

Look at Number Tests Deaths
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The strange thing about this lockdown is that Germany, where there was barely any lockdown and restrictions were minimal, ended up with a great outcome for its population. Germany right now feels almost normal.

Strange thing Lock down Restriction Minimal
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Rich people want the lockdown. Poor people don't. Bear in mind, it's the poor people who vote, and that's one way they can punish their leaders.

Rich people Poor Mind Vote
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The era of military rule in Nigeria is forever gone. The era of people all feeding from Government, directly and indirectly is about to end.

The era Military rule Forever gone Feeding
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To stop community clashes, it's about deal making. Both sides want something. Someone has to step in, and give both sides what they want. An authority figure has to make the 'warlords' feel like they matter and they are heard.

Stop Community clashes Deal making Both sides
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No country (or state) can progress where wealth for citizens is to be created through government owned businesses or govt subsidized businesses. It's about people owned and controlled businesses, competing against each other.

No country Can progress Wreath Business
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Lockdown just slows down Corona-Virus, it does not stop it. The 3rd world countries that locked down, will be locked out of the rest of the world for a while with the excuse that they still have Corona-virus. Europe will open up for itself - but it won't open to Africa for long.

Lock down Slow down Stop it World
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Historically, this has not been possible. Now, it is possible using the internet. Classical democracy is due for an overhaul. We need a direct democracy, where the citizens make decisions directly on policy, and where experts are selected by people to decide on particular matters

Historically Possible Classical democracy Citizen
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Governments where the 'best talker', 'most visible person' and 'most funded person' keep winning should disappear. We need a new government type, structurally made up of experts only, and where the citizen is involved in day-to-day decisions.

Government Best talker Visible person Keep winning
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Avoiding stupidity is easier than trying to be brilliant. Instead of asking, “How can I help my company?” you should ask, “What’s hurting my company the most and how can I avoid it?” Identify obvious failure points, and steer clear of them

Avoiding stupidity Be brilliant My company Obvious failure
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It's easy for Government employees to mandate and defend a lockdown - it has no impact on their own livelihood.

Easy Government employees Mandate Defend
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Any candidate for president who wants to come in 2023, they are going to have show very clearly what impact they had on the country in the four years between 2019 and 2023. You don't need to be in Government to help fix things.

Any candidate For president Show Very clearly
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You create change with intense, radical people, not with crowd pleasers.

You create Change Intense Radical people
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No matter how much you know, listen intently to others, let them finish speaking, and fully understand their point of view - just in case there is something you missed.

You know Listen intently Others Finishing speaking
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The lockdown is old people forcing young people to stay at home to protect old people. The people losing their jobs are the young people, the people with long term economic negative effect are the young people. It is inevitable that they rebel once they start seeing it that way.

Forcing Young people Stay Home
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Everyone thinks - If only I had invested in X 15 years ago, I would be rich now. Well, 15 years from now, you will say the same thing. There is an X happening now, it's just never obvious till 15 years later.

Everyone thinks Invested Rich now
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On Childrens Day in Nigeria, the children that 'march' the best are rewarded. Why don't we drop that military era tradition, and instead reward Children with the best science and engineering projects?

Children day March best Rewarded Drop
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