"Native Americans are not and must not be props in a sort of theme park of the past, where we go to have a good time and see exotic cultures. â€œWhat we have done to the peoples who were living in North Americaâ€ is, according to anthropologist Sol Tax, â€œour Original Sin."

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Source : James W. Loewen (2013). “Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong”, p.117, The New Press

James W. Loewen

#Native American Quotes #Past Quotes #Culture Quotes

“I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.”

Source : Bill Schroeder, Drew Olson, Craig Counsell, Bob Uecker (2016). “If These Walls Could Talk: Milwaukee Brewers: Stories from the Milwaukee Brewers Dugout, Locker Room, and Press Box”, p.45, Triumph Books
“Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful.”
“Count your blessings. Once you realize how valuable you are and how much you have going for you, the smiles will return, the sun will break out, the music will play, and you will finally be able to move forward the life that God intended for you with grace, strength, courage, and confidence.”

Source : Og Mandino (2010). “A Better Way to Live: Og Mandino's Own Personal Story of Success Featuring 17 Rules to Live By”, p.53, Bantam
“I am not a religious person, but I am spiritual. But I don't believe in things like guilt.”
“If I'm sincere today, what does it matter if I regret it tomorrow?”
“You look at any giant corporation, and I mean the biggies, and they all started with a guy with an idea, doing it well.”
“The lily in splendor, the vine in her grace, The fox in the forest, all had their desire, As then I had mine, in the place that was happy and poor.”

Source : Ruth Pitter (1969). “Collected poems”
“I think it's fun to play for people who don't know what you do.”

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