Black Elk Quotes
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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The fact that we live in a world where black people have to strategize so they're not brutalized by police is insane.
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To me, doing a gay pride show is one of the most fun things. My first show that paid more than $10,000 was in a gay club on New Year's Eve in San Francisco.
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In North Germany, a troublesome ghost is bagged, and the bag emptied in some lone spot or in the garden of a neighbour against whom a grudge is entertained.
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If someone says, 'I love that lipstick,' I will always try to answer, honestly, if I know what color it is. It's a connective tissue.
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What I do find enormously gratifying is the reviews my books get from the American press. They are so on the ball compared to anywhere else. It's so satisfying to get a review that conveys the reader understood precisely what I was trying to get at.
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At my father's request I took up the study of law at the University of Zurich In 1863.
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As a kid I had all kinds of questions about how I fit it with my neighborhood and friends and other Latinos.
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In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
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A man's kiss is his signature.
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I've worked my whole life and never missed a deadline.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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Writing is the supreme solace.
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Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.
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The atmosphere at my school was very competitive. Young girls were competing with each other every day for status, for leadership, for the affection of the teachers. I hated it.
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I don't feel that electronic music has to stand on the back of urban artists or anyone else to be recognized. It's great music.
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Social Security not only helps Americans enjoy a secure retirement, it has also kept millions of Americans out of poverty.
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I don't really care about how I look.
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Because I've lived a risky and unconventional life, I don't often struggle for subjects to write about.
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I have a good time when I'm acting, and bottom line, I just want to enjoy myself and be a happy person, and acting makes me happy. I enjoy it, and it's a good way to escape yourself. You just become somebody else for a little bit, and it's a lot of fun.
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People Are Much More Beautiful Than They Think: Long Live Their True Face.
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The personality when it leaves your plane for good will have developed its potentials as far as it possibly can.
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A good nation I will make live.
