"To be an Indian in modern American society is in a very real sense to be unreal and ahistorical."

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Source : Vine Deloria,Jr. (1971). “Custer Died For Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto”

Vine Deloria Jr.

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“The background reveals the true being and state of being of the man or thing. If I do not possess the background, I make the man transparent, the thing transparent.”
“I need to have systems in place to track and monitor my leads”
“I do remember, as a child, that I always imagined, when I was maybe 6 or 7, my fantasy was that everywhere I went I was being followed by an invisible film crew.”
“The down side these days is thinking that, â€œI can do this all on my ownâ€.Â Yes, you can do this on your own but youâ€™ll be a much happier human being if you do it with other human beings.”
“If there's one thing that makes me cynical, it's optimists. They are just far too cynical about cynicism. If only they could see that cynics can be happy, constructive, even fun to hang out with, they might learn a thing or two.”
“The challenge, really, on any new film is to try to avoid that and achieve a few moments that aren't cliche.”
“It's a rare gift to understand that your life is wondrous, and that it won't last forever.”

Source : Steven Galloway (2009). “The Cellist of Sarajevo”, p.15, Atlantic Books Ltd
“We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.”

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