"I don't want to collect Indian art, though pots and beadwork and blankets made by Indians remain the most beautiful art objects in the American West, in my opinion."

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Source : Ian Frazier (2000). “On the Rez”, p.4, Macmillan

Ian Frazier

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“A highly intelligent man should take a primitive woman. Imagine if on top of everything else, I had a woman who interfered with my work.”
“I was in Manhattan during 9/11, and that was really the only thing that I related to as far as a disaster on a grand scale. It was really interesting to see on that day and in the weeks afterwards how people came together, and what people were able to do for each other, and what I found myself feeling and thinking and doing for the people around me, whether it was strangers on the street or my own family. It was really an experience that you can't fake.”

Source : "Dwayne Johnson & Cast Interview, San Andreas". MoviesOnline Interview, www.moviesonline.ca. May, 2015.
“It takes courage to begin something, but it can take even more to end it.”
“Thanks to history books, I have realised that people over the years have been dying of war, and that enabled me to realise that there is nothing stupid like war.”
“My father used to say to me, "It doesn't matter what the profession is, but if they're the best in their field, it will always be fascinating to watch." And I said, "Really, dad? Even like someone who makes pencils?" "Even someone who makes pencils, it will be fascinating to watch."”
“The possibilities. Is there any greater pain to know what could be, and yet be powerless to make it be?”
“Let us consider the actual, worldly Jew -- not the Sabbath Jew, as Bauer does, but the everyday Jew. ... What is the worldly religion of the Jew? Huckstering. What is his worldly God? Money.. Money is the jealous god of Israel, in face of which no other god may exist. Money degrades all the gods of man -- and turns them into commodities. The bill of exchange is the real god of the Jew. His god is only an illusory bill of exchange. The chimerical nationality of the Jew is the nationality of the merchant, of the man of money in general.”
“There was no sign of Jules. â€œBad news,â€ said Elliot. â€œThe man is sick. Youâ€™re going to have to settle for me.â€ â€œSick?â€ Vee demanded. â€œHow sick? What kind of excuse is sick?â€ â€œSick as in itâ€™s coming out both ends.â€ Vee scrunched her nose. â€œToo much information.”

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