"We are at last on the high lands of Mexico, the districts which at least three different races have chosen to settle in, neglecting the fertile country below."

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Source : Edward Burnett Tylor (1861). “Anahuac; Or, Mexico and the Mexicans: Ancient and Modern”, p.34

Edward Burnett Tylor

#Country Quotes #Land Quotes #Race Quotes

“You should never, ever, let anyone tell you you're not good enough. You have a choice whether to meet others expectations of you, or strive to meet your own.”
“I think eating in itself is the act of great sensuality, so all you have to do is point the camera in the right direction.”
“I think music on television is just uniformly dreadful. It is mundane, it says nothing.”
“If there's an enduring theme in my work, it's probably the effects of class on American life.”
“One cannot expect positive results from an educational or political action program which fails to respect the particular view of the world held by the people. Such a program constitutes cultural invasion, good intentions notwithstanding.”
“The endgame is an arena in which miraculous escapes are not uncommon.”
“To do a common thing uncommonly well brings success.”

Source : "Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania". P. 38. Book by John Woolf Jordan, 1915.
“Happiness is just a great equalizer. It's like water. You pour happiness liberally and all sorts of great things are going to happen.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

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