"It's important as a writer to do my art well and do it in a way that is powerful and beautiful and meaningful, so that my work regenerates the people, certainly Indian people, and the earth and the sun. And in that way we all continue forever."

-- Joy Harjo

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“You usually want to get something out of a painting other than the ideas that you had in your head.”
“Unhappy is a people that has run out of words to describe what is going on.”
“Hindsight is not only clearer than perception-in-the-moment but also unfair to those who actually lived through the moment.”

Source : Edwin S. Shneidman (2004). “Autopsy of a Suicidal Mind”, p.160, Oxford University Press
“You can't replace one dog with another any more than you can replace one person with another, but that's not to say you shouldn't get more dogs and people in your life.”

Source : Polly Horvath (2012). “One Year in Coal Harbor”, p.16, Schwartz & Wade
“The way you wear your hat, The way you sip your tea, The mem'ry of all that -- No, no! They can't take that away from me!”

Source : 1937 'They Can't Take That Away from Me', song from the film musical Shall We Dance? (music by George Gershwin).
“There are those who love to get dirty and fix things. They drink coffee at dawn, beer after work. And those who stay clean, just appreciate things. At breakfast they have milk and juice at night. There are those who do both, they drink tea.”
“There is no such thing as vicarious experience.”
“No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.”

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