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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Everyone Instagrams all the people they are with. I get that it's part of the job. But there's a point where it's like, 'Can't you just be a person and have a separate life to your job?'
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One of the biggest problems out there that I hear from my friends in the business community is that there's no lending, that it's tough to get a loan today.
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One thing that people don't really understand is that as celebrity you rarely get fair treatment. You either get love or hate. It's never really fair.
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I have a difficult time sitting down for long periods.
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I never really lost touch with video games. Even while shooting '10 Cloverfield Lane,' I brought my PlayStation with me, the most portable of all the consoles, and was playing every night.
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Individually and collectively, Cherokee people possess an extraordinary ability to face down adversity and continue moving forward.
