"The only compensation for land is land,"

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Source : Winona LaDuke (2002). “The Winona LaDuke Reader: A Collection of Essential Writings”, p.145, Voyageur Press (MN)

Winona LaDuke

#Land Quotes #Compensation Quotes

“Wolf," said Ran, enunciating it very carefully. "What an unusual name. Did your parents give it to you?" "Does it matter?" said Wolf, tossing away his bone. "I'm only making conversation." "I'd prefer silence," Wolf said, a growl in his tone.”
“I carry out my work thus: I never use models or nature for the figure, drapery or anything else.”
“Every day you amass knowledge in a frantic race against death that death must win. You want to find out everything in the time you have; yet in the end you wonder why you bothered, it'll all be lost. I keep trying to explain this to anyone who will listen.”

Source : Derek Raymond (2011). “He Died with His Eyes Open: Factory 1”, p.35, Profile Books
“When you ask people what it is like being part of a great team, what is most striking is the meaningfulness of the experience. People talk about being part of something larger than themselves, of being connected, of being generative. It becomes quite clear that, for many, their experiences as part of truly great teams stand out as singular periods of life lived to the fullest.”
“My thesis in terms of all my art is finding the beauty in the ugly truth. Just find the beauty in realism and what's there.”
“A few years ago no hotel or restaurant in Boston refused Negro guests; now several hotels, restaurants, and especially confectionary stores, will not serve Negroes, even the best of them.”

Source : Ray Stannard Baker (1908). “Following the Color Line: An Account of Negro Citizenship in the American Democracy”
“May the spirit of Christ so fill us afresh that we might in turn be a refreshment and an encouragement to one another.”
“I'm a person who really doesn't dwell on the past.”

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