Nelson A. Miles Quotes
Looking at the purpose of our government toward the Indians, we find that after subjugating them it has been our policy to collect the different tribes on reservations and support them at the expense of our people.
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I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.
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Soon I knew the craft of experimental physics was beyond me - it was the sublime quality of patience - patience in accumulating data, patience with recalcitrant equipment - which I sadly lacked.
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It's a trifle hard to surprise yourself with a story you've written.
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The sweeping, unfocused cuts of sequestration are certain to have unintended negative consequences, including for America's small businesses.
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The novel moves like all the arts. It's transforming itself all the time.
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When you actually fall in love, no one sees that other person the way that you do.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
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My favorite place is Central Park because you never know what you're going to find there. I also like that when I look out the windows of surrounding hotels, it's seems like I'm looking out over a forest.
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The best thing to do is just leave them alone. Alligators want to be away from you just as much as you want to be away from them.
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I think the reason they cast me as the good girls is because they couldn't find any in Hollywood.
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I hope everybody enjoys our input on 'Black Water' - it sure was a lot of fun getting to record it.
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As anyone who has covered the company for any length of time knows, Yahoo's record on major decision-making has been akin to a hippie commune - a lot of wrangling internally in a culture where everyone seems to have a voice and a reticence to push the button to launch.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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Take the time today to understand your contribution to any bad event you've just been through.
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I think that our comfort is in our history.
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Daniel Ellsberg showed tremendous courage back in the '70s.
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I'm looking forward to writing more novels for young adults.
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I am formally accountable to the steering board of the PIC, and I meet with nine ambassadors from the PIC every week. I have to have the capitals' broad agreement with what I do.
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You can de-select the songs that you don't want to have on the record, but I hope we always put something out that has a lot of songs that the majority of people will love.
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Regardless of who is elected president in 2016, we all still live together. Each of us has a different role to play, but we all have to hold the collective space for movement-building together. It's the only way we move forward.
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I love long sentences. My big heroes of fiction writing are Henry James and Proust - people who recognise that life doesn't consist of declarative statements, but rather modifications, qualifications and feelings.
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I don't like saying goodbye to people. I find it much easier to forgive people than to say goodbye to them, I always have, in any facet of my life. It's hard sometimes to forgive people, but I find it harder to say goodbye if you love them.
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Looking at the purpose of our government toward the Indians, we find that after subjugating them it has been our policy to collect the different tribes on reservations and support them at the expense of our people.
