Joseph Bruchac Quotes
It is amazing to me that so little is still known about the Trail of Tears or the lives of the Cherokees themselves.

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There should be more interaction and more confidence building between our various academic institutions just like how there needs to be a confidence building between industry and academics.
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I had rather be called a journalist than an artist.
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World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war.
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I have seen life from the top down and the bottom up. I know how it looks both ways. And I know there is wisdom and that there is hope.
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I'd love to be a 'Bond' girl.
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The promotion of family continuity and stability is a legitimate state interest.
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My partner has to have good sized bones.
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I've been in real estate for my whole life, I've been trying to sharpshoot the market with my investments, I'm never right. All you need to do is get near the bottom. That's good enough.
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It's like a painter with various layers of paint. I start with a drum loop and add keyboards, and then melodies start to take shape. The vocals happen later. I've never really done therapy before, but it's a form of therapy. Everything else falls away.
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When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.
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Sales don't always have anything to do with good or brilliant or original. Sales are about appeal.
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When, who, and what things happen to becomes meaningful, then what happens starts to matter, and play can evoke strong emotions, fierce and ongoing urges to succeed, and a desire to leave a mark, drive meaningful change, or build lasting institutions.
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I don't have a big career plan. I just like to see how things come out, and I just try to keep going in different directions.
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The greatest writers of this age... are aware of the mystery of our existence.
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My dad is often horrified by what I've spent my money on.
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Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it.
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Many of my songs were dance orientated from way back. That's because I love dance! When I hear a dance number, just hearing the first eight bars, it immediately makes my bod start moving and dancing.
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Global actions require local and national participation. International cooperation and action requires community perspectives and legitimacy if it is to be effective.
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We're all too busy working, entertaining ourselvesWith forty hours, television and prescription pills Well, I take two a day to help my brain behaveIt never does, but who's to say? At least my doctor gets paid.
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Across the communication landscape move the specters of sinister technologies and the dreams that money can buy.
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'The Onion' is an amazing place to work because it's a bunch of really smart, collaborative writers who aren't afraid to try crazy things.
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Let's say music is needed for only 43 seconds of film. You have to score it so it is an entity, so it won't bother anyone when it ends so quickly. Or if a song runs 2 minutes and 45 seconds, but the titles run a minute longer, you have to arrange that song so it doesn't get repetitious.
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It is amazing to me that so little is still known about the Trail of Tears or the lives of the Cherokees themselves.