"[The is] a mistaken belief that [the word Indian] refers somehow to the country, India. When Columbus washed up on the beach in the Caribbean, he was not looking for a country called India. Europeans were calling that country Hindustan in 1492.... Columbus called the tribal people he met "Indio," from the Italian in dio, meaning "in God.""

-- Russell Means

#Country Quotes #Beach Quotes #Native American Quotes

“Every man has but one destiny" Veto Corleone”
“I am often asked what can people do to become a good global citizen? I reply that it begins in your own community.”
“... people who don't want something are less likely to get it than people who do want something.”
“The person in misery does not need a look that judges and criticizes but a comforting presence that brings peace and hope and life and says: 'you are a human person: important, mysterious, infinitely precious, what you have to say is important because it flows from a humn person; in you there are those seeds of the infinite, those germs of love... of beauty which must rise from the earth of your misery so humanity be fulfilled. If you do not rise then something will be missing... Rise again because we all need you... be loved beloved.'”
“I don't believe in curfews, because you can't treat men like they were boys without forfeiting a certain level of trust.”
“Like anyone else, I go up and down. You wake up some days, and you're like, "Life is great." You wake up other days, and you're like, "This is so shitty. I just want to stay in bed." Right now, I feel confident that as long as I can keep the sound moving forward, this is something I'll be doing for at least another five years.”
“All ballplayers want to wind up their careers with the Cubs, Giants or Yankees. They just can't help it.”
“Honest men live on charity in their age; the almshouses are full of men who never stole a copper penny. Honest men are the fools and the saints.”

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