"At least half the country thinks the mascot issue is insignificant. But I think it's indicative of the ways in which Indians have no cultural power. We're still placed in the past. So we're either in the past or we're only viewed through casinos. I know a lot more about being white than you know about being Indian."

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Source : "Sherman Alexie on Living Outside Cultural Borders". "Moyers & Company" with Bill Moyers, billmoyers.com. April 12, 2013.

Sherman Alexie

#Country Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Past Quotes

“No society ever thrived because it had a large and growing class of parasites living off those who produce.”
“Everything was believed except the truth.”

Source : Alexandre Dumas fils (2004). “Camille”, p.20, Penguin
“Poverty is not just a lack of money; it is not having the capability to realize one's full potential as a human being”
“It's paradoxical, that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn't appeal to anyone.”
“Solitude is an ocean with wonderful places hidden in its depths.”
“Nothing is quite as satisfying and exhausting as teaching.”
“I was assistant in Edmonton with Wayne as captain, and Kevin Lowe was the other assistant.”
“It's one thing to just play a tune, or play a program of music, but it's another thing to practically create a new language of music, which is what 'Kind of Blue' did.”

Source : "Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece". Book by Ashley Kahn, www.cnn.com. 2000.

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