"Culture, as Indian people understood it, was basically a lifestyle byÂ which a people acted. It was self-expression, but not a consciousÂ self-expression. Rather, it was an expression of the essence of a people."

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Source : Vine Deloria,Jr. (1971). “Custer Died For Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto”

Vine Deloria Jr.

#Self Quotes #Expression Quotes #Essence Quotes

“I wouldn't mind being taller or stronger.”
“If you go, go in Peace it makes the flowers sweeter along the path.”
“O Thou who art my quietness, my deep repose, My rest from strife of tongues, my holy hill, Fair is Thy pavilion, where I hold me still. Back let them fall from me, my clamorous foes, Confusions multiplied; From crowding things of sense I flee, and Thee I hide. Until this tyranny be overpast, Thy hand will hold me fast; What though the tumult of the storm increase, Grant to Thy servant strength, O Lord, and bless with peace.”
“...sometimes we enter art to hide within it. It is where we can go to save ourselves, where a third-person voice protects us.”

Source : Michael Ondaatje (2010). “Divisadero”, p.99, Bloomsbury Publishing
“The Merseyside derby games are unique in the city.”
“I had the insane misconception that I was ready to conquer the known universe with TÃ¤htivaeltaja. No mercy!”
“Part of being who you are has to do with feeling your feelings, which means you'll have a wide range of emotions--not just constant sunshiny happiness.”
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