Vine Deloria, Jr. Quotes
As time passed I became an avid reader of popular scientific books, wanting to know as much as I could about the world in which I lived. Gradually I began to see a pattern of nonsense in much scientific writing. Scientific explanations given regarding the origins or functioning of various phenomena simply didn't make sense.
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We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the dark.
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Some borrowers are pretty damn good at fraud.
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I was always interested in the kind of history they didn't teach you in school.
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I love a real-life, movie moment in living color.
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Hollywood, the business, would be just fine if someone were to destroy the Hollywood sign. The city's there is the airport - its point of entry and exit, and in some ways its identity.
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I'm kind of sarcastic. Not cynical but sarcastic.
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I'm encouraged because you pick up any food magazine and there's two or three recipes involving Indian spices.
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Brandon Boyd of Incubus is hot, but he's too pretty.
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The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.
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What I've noticed is not only in the military, but in the first responders community, that when you reach out your hand to help one of them, they almost always grab your hand with only one of theirs, because they're using their other hand to reach behind them and pull up somebody else with them.
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I love the way girls in London dress; it's so different to the American 'blow-dry and immaculate grooming' thing.
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There are films you see that only reach your eyes. Then there are films that you can watch... that reach down to your throat, or reach your heart. 'In the Mood for Love,' though, reached all the way to my belly.
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Those boos really motivate me to make something happen.
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I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.
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I don't think paper will go away. I do believe that the value of paper will change, and Xerox is working on changing that value. Consider a color page. Actual life is in color, but you keep reproducing it in black and white. You remove value. It's a bad thing to do.
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The feeling of insecurity is inimical to our sense of wellbeing, as it causes anxiety and stress, which harms our physical and mental health. It is no surprise then that, according to some surveys, workers across the world value job security more highly than wages.
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Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme, rhythm, and the words themselves.
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As I watched bookstores close, I began to wonder how that felt for the owners. Owning a bookstore was their dream and now they're struggling and seeing those dreams fall apart.
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I keep everything that's private private.
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You can shut down a service, and yet people will find ways to communicate.
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Having done a lot of theater, I'm used to sustaining characters over long periods of time.
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In Canada, things are very honest.
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I am a greaser. I am a JD and a hood. I blacken the name of our fair city. I beat up people. I rob gas stations. I am a menace to society. Man do I have fun!
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As time passed I became an avid reader of popular scientific books, wanting to know as much as I could about the world in which I lived. Gradually I began to see a pattern of nonsense in much scientific writing. Scientific explanations given regarding the origins or functioning of various phenomena simply didn't make sense.
