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 "Na from pla play them dey form player." - Pidgin Phrase 
 "Every generation must, out of relative obscurity, discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it." - Frantz Fanon (Martinican) 
 "Who dey argue with king, na him dey tey for kneel down." - Pidgin Phrase 
 I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country. - Nathan Hale 
 "Craze no be problem, na the trekking be problem." - Pidgin Phrase 
 "Craze no be problem, na the trekking be problem." - Pidgin Phrase 
 I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. - Hunter S. Thompson 
 "Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one." - Bruce Lee 
 "Rolling stone na pesin push am." - Pidgin Phrase 
 "Real education means to inspire people to live more abundantly, to learn to begin with life as they find it and make it better." - Carter G. Woodson (African-American) 
 "Mistakes are always forgivable if one has the courage to admit them." - Bruce Lee 
 "Firmly grasp it!" - Patrick (SpongeBob SquarePants) 
 Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must undergo the fatigue of supporting it. - Thomas Paine 
 "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." - Socrates (Greek) 
 "Who naked no dey chook hand for pocket." - Pidgin Phrase 
 "Omelette du fromage." - Dexter (Dexter's Laboratory) 
 "Freedom is not something that anybody can be given. Freedom is something people take." - James Baldwin (African-American) 
 The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy. - Friedrich Nietzsche 
 "Water and ogogoro na the same colour, no mean say na the same." - Pidgin Phrase 
 "To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often." - Winston Churchill (British) 
 "Wetin make papa no gree buy motor, one day one day, pikin go know." - Pidgin Phrase 
 "Mistakes are always forgivable if one has the courage to admit them." - Bruce Lee 
 "Village wey the only barber na lion, all the goats there go keep afro." - Pidgin Phrase 
 A private life is a happy life. - Eric Hughes 
 One individual can begin a movement that turns the tide of history. - Jackie Robinson 
 "Is mayonnaise an instrument?" - Patrick (SpongeBob SquarePants) 
 Buy the ticket, take the ride. - Hunter S. Thompson 
 "Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time." - Barack Obama (African-American) 
 "Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth." - George Washington (American Revolution) 
 The hacker mind-set is not confined to this software-hacker culture. - Kevin Mitnick 
 Buy the ticket, take the ride. - Hunter S. Thompson 
 "Craze no be problem, na the trekking be problem." - Pidgin Phrase 
 The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. - Franklin D. Roosevelt 
 "“Do you know who i am? Do you know who i am?” Na so hold-up dey take start." - Pidgin Phrase 
 "Democracy is not the law of the majority but the protection of the minority." - Albert Camus (French-Algerian) 
 "Head wey no wan think, go carry load." - Pidgin Phrase 
 The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy. - Friedrich Nietzsche 
 "Saving the world before bedtime." - Narrator (The Powerpuff Girls) 
 "Na from pla play them dey form player." - Pidgin Phrase 
 "The future belongs to those who prepare for it today." - Malcolm X (African-American) 
 I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country. - Nathan Hale 
 "Dee Dee, get out of my laboratory!" - Dexter (Dexter's Laboratory) 
 The hacker mind-set is not confined to this software-hacker culture. - Kevin Mitnick 
 I was used to breaking into buildings to steal information. It was easier and less risky than breaking into networks. - Kevin Mitnick 
 "The best way to predict your future is to create it." - Abraham Lincoln (American) 
 "He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it." - Martin Luther King Jr. (American) 
 "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity." - Maximilien Robespierre (French Revolution) 
 "Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one." - Bruce Lee 
 "Who naked no dey chook hand for pocket." - Pidgin Phrase 
 If there is no struggle, there is no progress. - Frederick Douglass 
 Arguing that you don’t care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say. - Edward Snowden 
 "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." - Thomas Jefferson (American Revolution) 
 "No matter how fly craze reach, e no fit perch on top hot eba." - Pidgin Phrase 
 One individual can begin a movement that turns the tide of history. - Jackie Robinson 
 "The future belongs to those who prepare for it today." - Malcolm X (African-American) 
 "It's over 9000!" - Vegeta (Dragon Ball Z) 
 "The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others." - Mahatma Gandhi (Indian) 
 "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." - Nelson Mandela (South African) 
 "Table no dey turn, na who get sense dey change him chair." - Pidgin Phrase 
 I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. - Hunter S. Thompson 
 "Respect who get, but fear who never collect." - Pidgin Phrase 
 "“Feel at home, feel at home” Na so visitor take spoil remote control." - Pidgin Phrase 
 "“Monkey smart, monkey smart”, na because tree near tree." - Pidgin Phrase 
 Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding. - Albert Einstein 
 Anything worth doing, is worth doing right. - Hunter S. Thompson 
 "Village wey the only barber na lion, all the goats there go keep afro." - Pidgin Phrase 
 "Wetin make papa no gree buy motor, one day one day, pikin go know." - Pidgin Phrase 
 "Saving the world before bedtime." - Narrator (The Powerpuff Girls) 
 If there is no struggle, there is no progress. - Frederick Douglass 
 "Village wey the only barber na lion, all the goats there go keep afro." - Pidgin Phrase 
 "Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own." - Bruce Lee 
 "Table no dey turn, na who get sense dey change him chair." - Pidgin Phrase 
 "The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity." - Amelia Earhart (American) 
 The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy. - Friedrich Nietzsche 
 "Mistakes are always forgivable if one has the courage to admit them." - Bruce Lee 
 I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. - Hunter S. Thompson 
 "“I no gree, I no gree” Na im dey tear shirt." - Pidgin Phrase 
 Buy the ticket, take the ride. - Hunter S. Thompson 
 "The future belongs to those who prepare for it today." - Malcolm X (African-American) 
 "I'll take care of it." - Gohan (Dragon Ball Z) 
 "It's over 9000!" - Vegeta (Dragon Ball Z) 
 The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy. - Friedrich Nietzsche 
 "just use bitcoin and opt out of the turd olympics" - wave dave 
 "“This one good, this one good” na so mad person take gather load." - Pidgin Phrase 
 Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. - Martin Luther King Jr. 
 "Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own." - Bruce Lee 
 People are the weakest security link. They can be manipulated or influenced into unknowingly helping hackers break into their organization's computers. - Kevin Mitnick 
 "Gotta catch 'em all!" - Pokémon theme song (Pokémon) 
 "Pesin wey take goat set trap, know say na lion him wan catch." - Pidgin Phrase 
 "Saving the world before bedtime." - Narrator (The Powerpuff Girls) 
 "It's over 9000!" - Vegeta (Dragon Ball Z) 
 "Wetin make papa no gree buy motor, one day one day, pikin go know." - Pidgin Phrase 
 "Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people." - John Adams (American Revolution) 
 "“Feel at home, feel at home” Na so visitor take spoil remote control." - Pidgin Phrase 
 "Pikin wey like party rice, no suppose to fear dance." - Pidgin Phrase 
 "I am a man, and what I have to say is concerned with men's relation to men." - Frantz Fanon (Martinican) 
 I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country. - Nathan Hale 
 "Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains." - Jean-Jacques Rousseau (French) 
 "Wetin make papa no gree buy motor, one day one day, pikin go know." - Pidgin Phrase 
 Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good. - Mahatma Gandhi 
 "Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves." - Abraham Lincoln (American) 
 "The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus." - Bruce Lee