"The more we study the Indian's character the more we appreciate the marked distinction between the civilized being and the real savage."

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Source : Nelson A. Miles (1992). “Personal Recollections and Observations of General Nelson A. Miles, Embracing a Brief View of the Civil War, Or, From New England to the Golden Gate and the Story of His Indian Campaigns with Comments on the Exploration, Development, and Progress of Our Great Western Empire”, p.340, U of Nebraska Press

Nelson A. Miles

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“Whatever you are doing, that which makes you feel the most alive...that is where God is.”
“All the elements of good writing depend on the writer's skill in choosing one word instead of another.”

Source : Francine Prose (2009). “Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them”, p.16, Harper Collins
“Race is precisely of as much consequence in man as it is in any animal.”
“Yeah, it's hard. It's really, really hard. But 'hard' is not 'impossible'.”
“I wanted to do Buddy Faro as a small budget movie. They said no. So I wanted to do it as a series of recurring TV movies, and they said no. So I agreed to do it as a series.”
“Bravery and Stupidity can often be mistaken for the other.”
“I had discovered that love might be a pastime as well as a tragedy, and I gave myself to it with pagan innocence.”
“I think laughter is crucial. Some of the original cultures, like the Dalit and the Native American, don't separate laughter and seriousness.”

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