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1 " Pride is like spittle —you can spit it out or swallow it. It is like excessive body weight — you can shed it. Do not treat it like body height which you have no power over. Pride sets people back more than it moves them forward. "
― Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
2 " The only thing Covid-19 shares with false rumour is the speed with which it spreads. And that must have misled people in the beginning, who treated it like rumour. "
3 " Because Coronavirus spreads as fast as a rumour, that was why in the beginning, people thought it was a rumour. "
4 " The first-ever pandemic was the flooding that forced Noah, his family and the animals to go into the ark for the first-ever lockdown. "
5 " Covid-19 vaccine is the new baptism. "
6 " For the people of any nation, the death of their dictator is like the end of a long and brutal war. They breathe down in great relief. "
7 " Today’s music is like today’s world : utterly meaningless. "
8 " Part of the tragedy of today’s world is its music : its lack of talents is a tragedy. "
9 " Death is no respecter of persons. Natural disasters and pandemics are no respecters of nations. "
10 " Illiteracy also means not being able to read or write the words of a language you neither speak nor understand. "
11 " The ears and the heart are important organs for listening. You listen to others with the former. You listen to yourself with the latter. "
12 " Men are fascinated by women. Women are fascinated by what they imagine fascinates men about them. "
13 " When you hear one with dyslexia read in public, it’s like listening to an angry stutterer curse loudly. "
14 " The occasional blunder of a wise man produces more disasters than the frequent blunder of a foolish man. "
15 " Next to the Sahara, Twitter is the driest place on earth. "
16 " If you can’t follow your dreams, walk right in front of them. But never stay far from them. "
17 " Depression is that state of mind when you're called upon to give an account of your death while you're still alive. "
18 " How best do you define Nigeria? A very rich country with very poor leaders. "
19 " When Nigerians who don't enjoy electricity are asked to pay higher tariff for it, what do you think? It's like paying the bride price of a dead maiden. And if the reason for the high tariff is, like they claim, to attract investors, see it as senseless as the idea of paying the bride price of a yet-to-be-born bride. "
20 " There are legislators elsewhere in the world. There are legislooters in Nigeria. "