James Welch Quotes
I used to object to being called an Indian writer, and would always say I was a writer who happened to be an Indian, and who happened to write about Indians.
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I have to tell you, I'm proudest of my life off the court. There will always be great basketball players who bounce that little round ball, but my proudest moments are affecting people's lives, effecting change, being a role model in the community.
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The world is too violent right now.
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Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
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U.N. Security Council resolutions are only as effective as their enforcement.
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Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us.
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I invested all my money in debt.
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Racism is everywhere - the older generations in Malaysia still say things like, 'She's darker-skinned; maybe don't marry her,' and it's very judgmental. A lot of girls do try to get fairness cream to lighten their skin, and I'm against all of that.
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The modern era of continuity planning began under President Ronald Reagan.
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I'm very involved with all the executives at Televisa.
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I think all our characters are an amalgam of people we know in our world and ourselves.
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I do read movie blogs. I think what's really interesting - Probably everyone says this, but what's interesting is it, it takes away the power, from the newspaper magnates, so be it Murdoch or whatever. I mean, it's like the people taking it back. Isn't it?
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Quite simply, my writing life has been one of relish, challenge, excitement.
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I'm a pacifist by nature.
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'Can we drill your brains?'(responding to attendants who interrupted her speech by chanting 'Drill here! Drill now!')
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'Power is always a relative concept.'-the illithid Yharaskrik
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Not a shred of evidence supports the existence of matriarchy anywhere in the world at any time. ... The matriarchy hypothesis, revived by American feminism, continues to flourish outside the university
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Show me a poet, and I'll show you a shit.
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It's everybody, I mean. Everything everybody does is so - I don't know - not wrong, or even mean, or even stupid necessarily. But just so tiny and meaningless and - sad-making. And the worst part is, if you go bohemian or something crazy like that, you're conforming just as much only in a different way.
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You pretend to be more eccentric than you actually are because you fear you are an interchangeable cog.
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Be friends with everybody. When you have friends, you will know there is somebody who will stand by you.
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I do have a lot of respect for the girls in 'Hollyoaks.' It takes a lot of effort to look like that constantly. I couldn't do it.
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Now and then I'll get a student who asks a question that puts me up against the wall and maybe by the end of the semester I can begin to deal with the question.
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When you get to the point where you're established enough that people link you with something, especially being an action hero babe, it's awesome. Because then you can fight the battles and have the crossbows and wrestle with swords and ride the horses because you're already believable; people see you in that genre.
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I used to object to being called an Indian writer, and would always say I was a writer who happened to be an Indian, and who happened to write about Indians.
