Louise Erdrich Quotes
My mother is Turtle Mountain Chippewa, and she lived on her home reservation. My father taught there. He had just been discharged from the Air Force. He went to school on the GI Bill and got his teaching credentials. He is adventurous - he worked his way through Alaska at age seventeen and paid for his living expenses by winning at the poker table.
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You can only begin to share life well when you think well of yourself.
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What's really important to me is that we have fiscally responsible balanced budgets.
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Relinquishing apparent national sovereignty does not have to entail a loss of national sovereignty, but can actually be a benefit.
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The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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When I see a dolphin, I know it's just as smart as I am.
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Historically, the Balkans have been an incubator of war.
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While I was pleasantly surprised by the relatively high number of jobs created in April, the fact is that job creation during this recovery period has significantly lagged both historical experience in recovery, and the projections of the Bush Administration.
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The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread.
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I don't usually wear a lot of makeup because I tend to like a natural look.
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You gotta take care of the people that are part of the foundation. If you don't, it crumbles.
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Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world.
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There are many things I love in this world. Music, acting, and animals are at the top of that list.
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A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.
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You can't get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth, by being earnest.
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The Dalai Lama can claim the sanction of the Buddha, who is said to have altered his teachings in order to reach a diverse audience.
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Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.
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The great problem there is we have to have the cooperation of those other Asian countries.
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I wasn't a good rule-breaker when I was younger.
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I'm usually listening to Sirius Satellite in the morning. 'The Heat' usually plays good music.
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I was a stand-up comedian for 10 years, if you can believe it. And I gave it up at age 22.
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Grilling is an easy tradition to start at any age! To get started, one only needs a modest investment in equipment and a little bit of outdoor space.
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My mother is Turtle Mountain Chippewa, and she lived on her home reservation. My father taught there. He had just been discharged from the Air Force. He went to school on the GI Bill and got his teaching credentials. He is adventurous - he worked his way through Alaska at age seventeen and paid for his living expenses by winning at the poker table.
