Leonard Peltier Quotes
The United States government can indict you on something, and now you've got to prove your innocence. And that's not the Constitution of the United States.
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On my 50th birthday in 2005, my discount-wielding AARP card came in the mail. I hurled it in the trash, put on something fabulous, and had a decadent meal. Just the thought of putting it in my wallet felt like a concession.
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I want a natural burial. Just straight into the ground in a shroud.
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When I think about making 'Within,' it was not a very fun experience at all.
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It's a good thing I don't read everything Eddie says, or I'd be up in arms and not enjoying my life.
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We've got to win them all and get help from other teams, but we are going to push until the end.
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I can't go back and label myself as an outcast because I was a pretty well-adjusted kid, but I can certainly relate to the feeling of being an outsider.
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I was raised doing martial arts.
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My best time is a 3:20 in Paris in 2010, and I trained to try for a 3-hour marathon in New York, but Hurricane Sandy hit, and it was canceled.
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I don't have cable. I just never watched a lot of TV.
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China's own recent history proves that when it opens itself, there is nothing its people cannot accomplish. A more open China will lead to a more prosperous and stable China. That's good for China, the United States and, indeed, the entire world.
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Basically, I hate conformity. I hate people telling me what to do. It makes me want to smash things. So-called normal behaviour patterns make me so bored, I could throw up!
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I believe that I understand gangs better than others. Because they're formed out of necessity. They're formed by people to keep from being suppressed.
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Universities are not here to be mediums for the coercion of other people, they're here to be mediums for the free exchange of ideas.
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Wherever on this planet ideals of personal freedom and dignity apply, there you will find the cultural inheritance of England.
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Today, Negroes play on every big league club and in every minor league. With millions of other Negroes in other walks of life, we are willing to stand up and be counted for what we believe in. In baseball or out, we are no longer willing to wait until Judgment Day for equality - we want it here on earth as well as in Heaven.
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Happy trails to you, until we meet again.
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Solvency is maintained by means of a national debt, on the principle, 'If you will not lend me the money, how can I pay you?'
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By a route obscure and lonely,Haunted by ill angels only,Where an Eidolon, named NIGHT,On a black throne reigns upright,I have reached these lands but newlyFrom an ultimate dim Thule - From a wild weird clime that lieth, sublime,Out of SPACE - out of TIME.
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The system was aided by the Church, whose natural interests allied it more to the great than to the meek.
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If he votes against, that's the only principled position. If he abstains, it's a cop-out; if he votes for, it's a sell-out.
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I think I want to pursue a movie career and maybe even pursue some theatre.
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Sexual inappropriacy in my industry? Absolutely. Almost every week.
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My father and mother should have stayed in New York, where they met and married and where I was born.
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The United States government can indict you on something, and now you've got to prove your innocence. And that's not the Constitution of the United States.
