"My wartime experiences developing a code that utilized the Navajo language taught how important our Navajo culture is to our country. For me that is the central lesson: that diverse cultures can make a country richer and stronger."

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Source : "Decoding history: A World War II Navajo Code Talker in his own words". CNN Interview, inamerica.blogs.cnn.com. December 4, 2011.

Chester Nez

#Country Quotes #Important Quotes #Stronger Quotes

“I'll hit anyone who's seriously threatening my life... that's what happened, and that's what sent me to prison.”
“There's a presumption that somehow you calculate beforehand whether something is going to be good politically or not. I simply don't.”
“Perception is reality. If you are perceived to be something, you might as well be it because that's the truth in people's minds.”
“I distinguish, between nationalism and patriotism.”
“Everybody has a hard job. All real work is hard. My work happened also to be undoable. Morning after morning for 50 years, I faced the next page defenseless and unprepared. Writing for me was a feat of self-preservation. If I did not do it, I would die. So I did it. Obstinacy, not talent, saved my life.”
“Men's magazines often feature pictures of naked ladies. Women's magazines also often feature pictures of naked ladies. This is because the female body is a beautiful work of art, while the male body is hairy and lumpy and should not be seen by the light of day.”
“Don't confuse honours with achievement.”

Source : "Zadie Smith's rules for writers" by Zadie Smith, www.theguardian.com. February 22, 2010.
“No one can hate petitions worse than I, and no one has less faith in them than I. But for my champion I am willing to try any means that invades no other's right, even though I have little hope in it.”

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