Wilma Mankiller Quotes
Individually and collectively, Cherokee people possess an extraordinary ability to face down adversity and continue moving forward.
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I've been following what's happening in Colombia because it's the country of my childhood.
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Definitely for me, my personality, having children was a definite sea change. I found it very, very hard to balance show business and being a dad. The narcissism of show business and the complete, total focus of it was very difficult.
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I've got quite a good poker face. I'm known for being able to keep my emotions very much in check: no one knows how I'm feeling. I can be winning or losing but keep it very much the same.
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I was born and brought up in the countryside. I used to live in a sort of converted stables on the grounds of a castle, and I spent a lot of my childhood running around with a pretend sword pretending to be Robert the Bruce.
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My father was raised in the mountains of New Mexico, and he picked cotton for a dollar a day. He was working for the family from the time he was 7.
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Team members have to hold each other accountable. If there's a meeting, all members have to commit to be present and to help one another; they can't just check out when they feel they're not getting any benefits.
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When men are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.
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The capability of negotiating... is something that means you not only have to understand fully what you believe and what your national interests are but in order to be a really good negotiator, you have to try to figure out what the other person on the other side of the table has in mind.
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I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.
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My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending.
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Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell.
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When you're mid-season, in very intense situations, it's hard not to take that home with you. Especially when you're sleeping, you can't control what you dream about. And it sneaks into the unconscious.
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So we're living by that sword, and we're going to cut every now and then from it's backlash.
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I can't figure out how you can hire a coach and tell him how you want him to play.
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I'm more offended when someone's killed on television than when there's something that's sensuous or sexual. So what?
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To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up.
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America is a country that prides itself on being able to identify a 'straight shooter' or 'the genuine article' when it comes to our leaders. As a nation, we can 'feel it in our gut' when someone is giving us a bum steer.
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There are still 500,000 persons afflicted with leprosy in Latin America, so it is still very much present.
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The need to encourage entrepreneurship and ensure that young people have the opportunity to start new businesses is acute.
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I'm so glad I didn't ruin a man's life by marrying him.
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It is not hard to see why the Eastern holistic perspective made scientific progress so difficult. It denies the intuition that one can study the parts of the world in isolation from the rest-that one can analyze the world...
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The life you want is waiting to rise up to meet you ... Will you accept it? Do you feel worthy enough to accept it?
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It is a remarkable fact, a scientific fact, that the healthiest children come from the happiest mothers.
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Individually and collectively, Cherokee people possess an extraordinary ability to face down adversity and continue moving forward.
