Joanne Shenandoah Quotes
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I made all my generals out of mud.
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The toute ensemble was such as to make polished society blush, when compared with these savages.
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For every athlete, it is very important to be able to engage in their favorite thing, give all the best in training, performing in competitions, defending the honor of the motherland.
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Denied anything ardently desired, the individual or state will argue and parley just so long - then, if the impelling motive be sufficiently great, will cast aside every rule and break down every acquired inhibition, plunging viciously after the object wished; all the more fantastically savage because of previous repression.
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It doesn't sound too good to say I am the son of a landowner, so let us rather say I am the grandson of exploited Galician peasants.
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I would be a poorer person if the only things I knew were what I had found out for myself.
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I mean there are many people who have endorsed me that I agree with on some things and not others.
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An American of the present day reading his Sunday newspaper in a state of lazy collapse is one of the most perfect symbols of the triumph of quantity over quality that the world has yet seen.
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One of the most interesting aspects of the film project was collaborating with so many people - directors, filmmakers, and writers - over a five-year period. I learned that there are two components to this.
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I think that everything starts to go to hell when you start smelling your own farts and complimenting yourself on how great they smell. We're not going to turn into fart-smellers.
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There's nothing mathematical to my writing. It's a feeling.
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You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea.
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A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.
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When I started playing in bands, we had to be apologetic for what we did. We had to be apologetic because the mainstream was so bad.
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People accuse artists of being narcissists - of course we are! If we don't like ourselves, who's going to like us?
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My stories are not Christianized at all. I don't even have any Christians in my stories. What they are, are stories about ordinary people going through extraordinary circumstances in which I'm exploring truth. How light overcomes darkness in a way that's unmistakable to anyone who has any kind of faith.
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My mum told me once I was a Hindu.
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Never do today what you can do tomorrow. Something may occur to make you regret your premature action.
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The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris.
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We are football players and we like to win games.
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Very few of us know anything about loyalty to Christ -- For My Sake. It is that which makes the iron saint.
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I believe everything falls into place as it's supposed to.
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Some government workers are dedicated and work hard, but most of them are just waiting to retire.
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You remain humble, work hard, and the rest falls into place.
