Chief Joseph Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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This is who I am: a flyspeck of human vanity in a trillion miles of stone-dead interstellar space; a graceless lump of flesh and fear in a remote desert where nearly everything that I can see or touch is designed to hurt me.
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I am enjoying my face changing, as well as realizing that at the same time, as you get older, the machine isn't as well-oiled as it was.
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I like to dress for my body type and for my coloring.
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Awards for arts, where you make comparisons, don't make much sense.
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If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.
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I like bangers and really testosterone-fueled stuff.
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Billionaires like the Koch brothers, casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, and political puppet master Karl Rove should not be able to buy our elections. Secret money should not be able to drown out the voices of the American people and sell our Democracy to the highest bidder.
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The society Shakespeare knew was heading for tremendous change, and he seems to have recognized that and written about it in a coded way. I understand those codes, I think.
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Once the kids are in school, it's amazing what you can do.
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My favorite animal is steak.
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By five or six, when the heels start to hurt, I kick off my shoes and walk bare feet. But that's not a big deal. Nobody else is at the office at that time, and as for singing loudly, I don't sing loudly. I might hum a tune at times when I am thinking about something, but that's all fine.
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A recipe is a story that ends with a good meal.
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If I could go back I might change Geronimo a bit. If I do, it will be made a longer version.
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The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.
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In this culture, where entertainers and athletes wield such power, it seems only right to me that they try to make their influence a good one.
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I grew up in New York City - I grew up surrounded by every sound that you imagine can come from a New Yorker. All of the different boroughs and all of the different sounds.
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Some indeed have tears naturally, when the higher motion of the soul makes itself felt in the lower, or because God our Lord, seeing that it would be good for them, allows them to melt into tears. But this does not mean that they have greater charity or that they are more effective than others who enjoy no tears.
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I base jumped off one of the highest buildings in the world.
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To make another person hold his tongue, be you first silent.
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The world turns and the world changes, But one thing does not change. In all of my years, one thing does not change, However you disguise it, this thing does not change: The perpetual struggle of Good and Evil.
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A universe capable of giving birth to many such accidents is-- blind or not-- a good world to live in, a promising universe.
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Love that has been given to you is too sacred a thing to be talked of to anyone ... except just to the person who is like part of you and who will feel it as you do.
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It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.
