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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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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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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In a memoir, your main contract with the reader is to tell the truth, no matter how bizarre.
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I have grown up loving Shakespeare.
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I have skinny genes. My mother weighs 90 pounds.
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I hope for the day when everyone can speak again of God without embarrassment.
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Blues means what milk does to a baby. Blues is what the spirit is to the minister. We sing the blues because our hearts have been hurt, our souls have been disturbed.
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Where was I?""A different island," said old Tallow. Her voice was stern, but there was an ache in her look that Omakayas had never before seen. "An island called Spirit Island where everyone but you died of the itching sickness- you were the toughest one, the littlest one, and you survived them all.""You were sent here so you could save the others," she said. "Because you'd had the sickness, you were strong enough to nurse them through it. They did a good thing when they took you in, and you saved them for their good act. Now the circle that began when I found you is complete.
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I am Todd Hewitt, I think to myself with my eyes closed. I am twelve years and twelve months old. I live in Prentisstown on New World. I will be a man in one month’s time exactly.
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A good nation I will make live.
