N. Scott Momaday Quotes
The first word gives origin to the second, the first and second to the third, and the third to the fourth, and so on. You cannot begin with the second word.
Quotes to Explore
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I was never the pretty girl at school. I'm tiny and mixed-race. I grew up in a white area. I was always the loner.
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I hadn't thought that women were particularly dangerous golfers. Could that be the reason that the Augusta National Golf club refuses to take down its 'No Women Allowed' sign?
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Unless you are Stephen King, a book signing is attended by maybe 40 or 50 people.
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By the time I approached my forties, I had the self-assurance to approach all the genres I love so deeply: R & B, rock, jazz, and pop.
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Whether it's pool or Ping Pong, I can't stand to have my kids beat me. Especially Ping Pong! And when they beat me, they just needle the devil out of me. That's fine. I'd rather have that than let them win a shallow victory.
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There are tons of examples of U.K. and European mistakes. A classic one is pensions. That's obviously not an America-specific thing. The British and European economies are suffering under the weight of what is to come. The next great Ponzi scheme after Madoff is probably pensions.
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I started skiing around the same time as I began playing the piano, at around four, before moving to the violin at five.
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You seen my shows; I bring the 'hood out.
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My wardrobe consists of antique clothes, many of my designs, plus shoes and shirts from Brooks Brothers and Paul Stuart.
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For me concrete poetry was a particular way of using language which came out of a particular feeling, and I don't have control over whether this feeling is in me or not.
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I love the film route and I'm gong to try my hardest to stay on it.
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Living is no laughing matter: you must live with great seriousness like a squirrel for example - I mean without looking for something beyond and above living, I mean living must be your whole occupation.
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The alleged power to charm down insanity, or ferocity in beasts, is a power behind the eye.
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People think I'm unusual but it's just that we haven't had anyone like this since the Seventies.
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That one should practice what one preaches is generally agreed, but anyone who has the indiscretion to preach what both he and his hearers practice must always incur-as Lord Chesterfield has incurred-the gravest moral reprobation.
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so the moral of this week is: if u do something really, really stupid in front of someone ur just getting to know & they still think youre awesome, then you got yourself a friend.
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Might the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy be laid to heart! Might a sense of the true aims of life elevate the tone of politics and trade, till public and private honor become identical!
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Every part is disposed to unite with the whole, that it may thereby escape from its own incompleteness.
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As an actor, whether I'm playing Othello on stage or David Estes on 'Homeland,' that ability to give into your imagination is something that I enjoy.
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I see other black women imitate my style, which is no style at all, but just letting our hair be itself. They call it the Afro Look.
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I'm going to save my public voice largely for the issues where I have some depth.
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You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!
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Hatreds never cease by hatreds in this world. By love alone they cease. This is an ancient Law.
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The first word gives origin to the second, the first and second to the third, and the third to the fourth, and so on. You cannot begin with the second word.
