Chidi Anthony Opara, FIIM, CDOA

8 August, 1963-Nigeria
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Quotes By Chidi Anthony Opara

*The first King was not a Prince.

*Writers who write for the future do not usually win awards in the present.

*War is an unnecessary instrument of peace.

*Unconditional makes love unreasonable, motivating conditions make it reasonable.

*There are two categories of people we respect, those we love and those we fear.

*Loyalty is a major requirement even in hell.

*The rule in a rat race is that there are no rules.

*War mongers need peace to plan wars.

*It takes more to protect wealth than it took to create it.

*Anything legitimate, including selling crayfish is better than being a poet. At least, you would not be a poverty stricken super star.

*Christianity and Islam, both owe their spread to terrorism in its broader definition, what they preferred and still prefer to call "holy wars". The difference is that presently, Christianity is in control of the important spheres of power namely: political, economic and cultural, while Islam is fighting to balance the terror.

*Literary Critics should be the least of writers’ problems.

*Literary Critics are not gods, they are humans, so their appreciation of literary works are a function of their beliefs, etc.

*Critiques are not and should never be taken as holy writs. The best judges of literary productions should be the consumers, not the producers and/or the professional literary critics.

*Literary Critics should be placed in the category of consumers of literature where they rightly belong and not in the category of gatekeepers of Literature, because Literature have no gate.

*Every human have two personalities; The public and the private. The two are largely different.

*There is a disconnection between Christ and many Christians.

*Pentecostal Preachers in Africa would become irrelevant if there are no more notions of "all woes are from witches and wizards".

*I have no political party affiliation, but that does not mean that everyone shouldn't have. It is not criminal or morally wrong to support any incumbent or opposition candidates. It is called democracy.

*No writer is rated appropriately. A writer is either over rated or under rated.

*If you check well, you will find out that those heroes and heroines of yours aren't what you think they ar

*Writers who write for the future do not usually win awards in the present.

*War is an unnecessary instrument of peace.

*Unconditional makes love unreasonable, motivating conditions make it reasonable.

*There are two categories of people we respect, those we love and those we fear.

*Loyalty is a major requirement even in hell.

*The rule in a rat race is that there are no rules.

*War mongers need peace to plan wars.

*It takes more to protect wealth than it took to create it.

*Anything legitimate, including selling crayfish is better than being a poet. At least, you would not be a poverty stricken super star.

*Christianity and Islam, both owe their spread to terrorism in its broader definition, what they preferred and still prefer to call "holy wars". The difference is that presently, Christianity is in control of the important spheres of power namely: political, economic and cultural, while Islam is fighting to balance the terror.

*Literary Critics should be the least of writers’ problems.

*Literary Critics are not gods, they are humans, so their appreciation of literary works are a function of their beliefs, etc.

*Critiques are not and should never be taken as holy writs. The best judges of literary productions should be the consumers, not the producers and/or the professional literary critics.

*Literary Critics should be placed in the category of consumers of literature where they rightly belong and not in the category of gatekeepers of Literature, because Literature have no gate.

*Every human have two personalities; The public and the private. The two are largely different.

*There is a disconnection between Christ and many Christians.

*Pentecostal Preachers in Africa would become irrelevant if there are no more notions of "all woes are from witches and wizards".

*I have no political party affiliation, but that does not mean that everyone shouldn't have. It is not criminal or morally wrong to support any incumbent or opposition candidates. It is called democracy.

*No writer is rated appropriately. A writer is either over rated or under rated.

*If you check well, you will find out that those heroes and heroines of yours aren't what you think they are
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