"The Crows are very handsome and gentlemanly Indians in their personal appearance: and have been always reputed, since the first acquaintance made with them, very civil and friendly."

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Source : George Catlin (2015). “The North American Indians Volume 1 of 2: Being Letters and Notes on Their Manners and Conditions”, p.53, Digital Scanning Inc

George Catlin

#Crow Quotes #Friendly Quotes #Handsome Quotes

“Here's a news flash for the ladies: for every one of you who thinks we all want a girl like Angelina Jolie, all skinny elbows and angles, the truth is, we'd rather curl up with someone like Charlotte - a woman who's soft when a guy wraps his arms around her; a woman who might have a smear of flour on her shirt the whole day and not notice or care, not even when she goes out to meet with the PTA; a woman who doesn't feel like an exotic vacation but is the home we can't wait to come back to.”
“Whoever with fear of God corrects and directs a sinner gains virtue for himself, that of opposition to sin. But whoever insults a sinner with rancor and without good will falls, according to a spiritual law, into the same passion with the sinner.”
“I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her.”
“The sexual drive is nothing but the motor memory of previously remembered pleasure.”
“I don't think I possess any skill that anyone else doesn't have. I've just had perhaps more of an opportunity, more of an exposure, and been fortunate to survive a lot of situations that many other weren't so lucky to make it. It's not how close can you get to the ground, but how precise can you fly the airplane. If you feel so careless with you life that you want to be the world's lowest flying aviator you might do it for a while. But there are a great many former friends of mine who are no longer with us simply because they cut their margins to close.”
“House and Senate Republicans are now united in adopting earmark bans. We hope President Obama will follow through on his support for an earmark ban by pressing Democratic leaders to join House and Senate Republicans in taking this critical step to restore public trust.”
“We should not accept an evil we can change.”

Source : E. Lockhart (2014). “We Were Liars”, p.203, Delacorte Press
“Unfortunately, there are no mulligans when it comes to pro football contracts.”

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