Leslie Marmon Silko Quotes
As long as the hummingbird had not abandoned the land, somewhere there were still flowers, and they could all go on.
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When I was growing up you would see big American films that really mythologised their landscape, that really showed the vastness and the drama of their country.
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I'm, I guess you could say, the Chinese-speaking, banjo-picking girl.
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In terms of achievement, the pride is very important to me. It keeps me going every day. The money is always second to me.
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Well, the crazy thing for me is I think out of anything that's happened in the last year, all the success, people always ask what do you guys do with the money? I don't think they realize we're not really making any money.
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Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.
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I always like to leave art and music open to interpretation.
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I am a member of the London Library, and on almost every single job I do, there is some benefit to be had in going there and pulling two or three books off the shelves.
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Once there was a boy so meek and modest, he was awarded a Most Humble badge. The next day, it was taken away because he wore it. Here endeth the lesson.
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In theater, there's a lot of work to do to build the characters. It's a great experience.
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I kind of always took it for granted the fact that my parents were Olympic medalists.
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It has been very good here, but the World Cup game was different. It had a different significance to it.
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Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it's more important to make yourself feel good.
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A lot of times, you think you want something, and then you find something completely different.
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There are all these scripts where the women, if they're working, are prostitutes and lawyers with an angry streak who'll kill you. It's a reaction to women leaving their men and men being angry about it and saying it on some subconscious level.
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It's not what other people believe you can do, it's what you believe.
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'Smart', in American usage, is slicker and sharper than 'intelligent'; faster off the mark and quicker on its feet than deep thought.
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Test cricket is a different sort of cricket altogether. Some players who are good for one-day cricket may be a handicap in a Test match.
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You know, if you're at home with children, you lose twenty-five IQ points.
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Herbs, and other country messes,Which the neat-handed Phillis dresses.
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From compassion springs humility. The ego is verily a gateway to hell. The person who is egoistic is far from being religious.
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We are on this planet but once, and to spend it holding back our gushing appreciation of the things that light us up is a shameful waste.
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The politicians of New York...see nothing wrong in the rule, that to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy
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Abate the edge of traitors, gracious Lord, That would reduce these bloody days again And make poor England weep in streams of blood! Let them not live to taste this land's increase That would with treason wound this fair land's peace! Now civil wounds are stopped, peace lives again: That she may long live here, God say amen!
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As long as the hummingbird had not abandoned the land, somewhere there were still flowers, and they could all go on.
