Black Kettle Quotes
I once thought that I was the only man that persevered to be the friend of the white man, but since they have come and cleaned out our lodges, horses, and everything else, it is hard for to believe the white man any more.
Quotes to Explore
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If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees.
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Look at how hard it was to get to where I am. It doesn't make sense to give it up.
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Brain cells are normally not sensitive to light. So by introducing light-sensitive proteins into specific types of neurons, we can now selectively control that specific type of neuron by shining light in the brain.
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You just can't control your art in the future.
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I've had Botox. It hurts a lot, but I like it.
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Nowhere in the Bible did anyone bring back anyone's past sins and throw them in their face.
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I never really wanted to be an actor. And that was the beginning of it, I began to write things down and eventually became a writer on a television show.
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Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.
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I think the most rewarding part for me is kind of not knowing where the story's going next, and then finding out and being blown away by it.
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With any relationship that goes on and is productive over a long period, there have to be some sort of interlocking qualities in those personalities that make it possible to survive.
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Crime novels, it has been said, show the human psyche under pressure.
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The Silverlake Conservatory is a nonprofit music school in Los Angeles where we teach music, mostly to kids, but to people of all ages - people who are old, people with beards, all kinds of people.
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Often something more simple would be better. Sometimes I put things together - a shirt, a sweater, a jacket - and it's too complicated. I would have worn only a v-neck sweater, it would have been better. It's not the clothes but it's how you wear them sometimes.
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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Poverty itself is not so bad as the poverty thought. It is the conviction that we are poor and must remain so that is fatal.
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It's important to have a big-enough house in order to have space.
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I'm very, very blessed.
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The trick to being a novelist is to act like an iceberg. Make it seem as if you're displaying only one-tenth of what you know, and the other nine-tenths isn't visible and never mind if that part is pure styrofoam!
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I'm not a fan of travel and food shows in general, because I think, a lot of the time, I feel like they're talking down to you.
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Clearly, if it is sensible to hold a referendum on independence, it is crucial that we have one on marriage. It is the only way the country can move forward on this issue. Let all those who have a view on this subject place their trust in the Scottish people and let Scotland decide.
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He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.
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I always advise children who ask me for tips on being a writer to read as much as they possibly can. Jane Austen gave a young friend the same advice, so I'm in good company there.
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I been all around the world and I haven't found a city that I'd rather be from or rather come back to than Los Angeles.
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I once thought that I was the only man that persevered to be the friend of the white man, but since they have come and cleaned out our lodges, horses, and everything else, it is hard for to believe the white man any more.
