"Land. If you understand nothing else about the history of Indians in North America, you need to understand that the question that really matters is the question of land."

-- Thomas King

#America Quotes #Land Quotes #Matter Quotes

“I would tell 17-year-olds to be proud of who you are. Don't try to change yourself for others. Focus on school and your future. Boys and friends will come and go, just focus on you and your future.”
“Everything you do is measured by stats and it is difficult to keep your identity as a person out of the game. It can swallow you whole if you let yourself be engulfed by your statistics.”

Source : Source: bleacherreport.com
“Obedience to God is the pathway to the life you really want to live.”
“I met God. 'What,' he said, 'you already?' 'What,' I said, 'you still?”

Source : Laura (Riding) Jackson, Laura Riding (1938). “Collected Poems”
“only a complete alcoholic can think life is funny ... any life! ...”
“A father's interest in having a child--perhaps his only child--may be unmatched by any other interest in his life. It is truly surprising that the state must assign a greater value to a mother's decision to cut off a potential human life by abortion than to a father's decision to let it mature into a live child.”
“To hear that your neighbor was worse off than yourself was not an altogether unpleasant experience.”

Source : Lizette Woodworth Reese (1929). “A Victorian village: reminiscences of other days”
“Work hard for what you want because it won't come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticizes you ,just keep on believing in yourself and turn it in to something positive.”

Source : "Jack Wilshere out for three months as Arsène Wenger's injury list grows" by David Hytner, www.theguardian.com. November 27, 2014.

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