Wilma Mankiller Quotes
I don't think anybody anywhere can talk about the future of their people or of an organization without talking about education. Whoever controls the education of our children controls our future.
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In my situation, every time I write a sentence, I'm thinking not only of the people I ended up in college with but my siblings, my family, my school friends, the people from my neighborhood. I've come to realize that this is an advantage, really: it keeps you on your toes.
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A perfectly straight shot with a big club is a fluke.
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I was a very focused kid. I always had this crazy lifestyle... billions of jobs, two hours of gymnastics every day, handball, anything with a ball, really. I must have had ADHD or something. I was very energetic, and very small. I didn't start growing until the last year of high school.
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The fact is, society is made more hospitable by every individual who acts as if 'do unto others' really was a rule.
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I am not a prisoner of conscious, but people try to make me one sometimes. It is both a gift and a curse. It's a high honour but can create limitations - I have to be fluid.
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The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, said an eminent scholar, have God for their Author, the Salvation of mankind for their end, and Truth without any mixture of error for their matter.
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One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply to be Black and female.
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Gospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I know that's what the jazz experts say.
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I love Jonathan Richman - I love a lot of his music, and the thing I really like about him is his attitude. He seems very happy, and the way he performs is like, 'Don't worry, everybody, just get into it. I'm just having fun; I like when you guys are having fun.'
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I've always had a dream of owning a restaurant.
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I screwed my knee up once because I fell off the stage.
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Between Prince and my dad's fusion-jazz records, I didn't have a choice in being funky.
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To me, a cat is an easy pet, they don't need any spoiling or looking after.
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Cinema sustains life. It captures death in its progress.
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I love gross kissing. I think it's the most fun thing to do.
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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I am an avid runner, mainly on weekends.
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It is often suggested that the A.N.C. is controlled by the Communist Party, by Communists. Well, I have been long enough in the A.N.C. to know that that has never been true.
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Anyone who's been reading my stuff can see that there's a lot of tracks being laid for future stories.
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Never has a strong, responsible trade union movement been so needed. With austerity policies biting hard and with no evidence that they are working, people at work need the TUC to speak up for them now more than ever.
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I know there's a creative side to artists to - pardon me - there's a creative side to scientists already, but there may be an artistic side, too, waiting to break free.
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Women are like wine: I can only afford the really cheap ones that have the big, ugly boxes that leak.
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The Heart Gallery premise is very simple. It is a special traveling exhibit of photographs featuring Los Angeles foster youth, designed to highlight the need to find loving adoptive families for waiting children.
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I don't think anybody anywhere can talk about the future of their people or of an organization without talking about education. Whoever controls the education of our children controls our future.
