"Above all, I wanted to be appreciated as a prima ballerina who happened to be a Native American, never as someone who was an American Indian ballerina,"

-- Maria Tallchief

#Native American Quotes #Appreciated Quotes #American Indian Quotes

“Wine displays every little spot of the soul in its utmost deformity.”
“Though I play at the edges of knowing, truly I know our part is not knowing, but looking, and touching, and loving”
“When the contemplative mind is a French mind, it is content, for the most part, to contemplate France. When the contemplative mind is an English mind, it is liable to be seized at any moment by an importunate desire to contemplate Morocco or Labrador.”
“I like making films about old people because they are repositories of amazing stories that they tell well. And they're incredibly good telly.”
“She represented the distilled essence of the battle between the sexes.”

Source : Anne Edwards (1988). “A Remarkable Woman: A Biography of Katharine Hepburn”, Pocket
“I love books, by the way, way more than movies. Movies tell you what to think. A good book lets you choose a few thoughts for yourself.”
“You do not have the right to take another human's life, unless it's in strict self-defense.”
“Where you start in the marketplace is not where you have to stay.”

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