Wilma Mankiller Quotes
It should be remembered that hundreds of people of African ancestry also walked the Trail of Tears with the Cherokee during the forced removal of 1838-1839. Although we know about the terrible human suffering of our native people and the members of other tribes during the removal, we rarely hear of those black people who also suffered.
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By adopting a wonderful mutt, you'll save a life and help reduce animal homelessness while also boosting your chances of a more robust new furry friend, as mixed-breed dogs have demonstrated better health and longer life spans than their purebred cousins.
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The Sundance Institute has been vital to the film communities of Latin America.
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You are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receive back.
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In seventh and eighth grade, grammar and vocabulary were not my favorite subjects.
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I don't think that any political party should claim Jesus as being a part of a political party.
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We all look at ourselves in the mirror and think, 'Am I good?'
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Linda Hunt is so good and so sweet. She is a Tony Award nominee and won an Oscar. Pearls just come out of her mouth.
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Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?
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It took me just three months to pick up Hindi. I guess I'm a fast learner when it comes to languages.
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Any competent actor could have done what I did.
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I just make up lyrics off the top of my head. A lot of times, there's a phrase I really like, and I kind of build the song around that.
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I have always loathed working out.
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I had Hallowe'en parties every year, as it was my birthday five days before. My parents would actually put prosthetic noses on, and my dad would wear a top-hat and tails, put on a fake curly moustache, and hold a pipe.
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I believe that life is a journey towards God, and that no one has the right to insist that you go a certain road.
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You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.
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Dread lord and cousin, may the almighty preserve your reverence and lordship in long life and good fortune.
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My mom was on welfare and the occasional food stamp, but I have never participated in any of those governmental programs, even the ones that kind of work like education, scholarships and whatever, and I managed to do just fine.
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As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
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These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties.
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There are few problems in this world that cannot be solved by a swift roundhouse kick to the face. In fact, there are none.
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I believe it's worth observing terrible things people have done as clearly and rationally as we can to show that our monsters are not caricatures.
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The thing about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.
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I'd like to point out to people the divine in a musical language that transcends words. I want to speak to their souls.
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It should be remembered that hundreds of people of African ancestry also walked the Trail of Tears with the Cherokee during the forced removal of 1838-1839. Although we know about the terrible human suffering of our native people and the members of other tribes during the removal, we rarely hear of those black people who also suffered.
