Indian Quotes - Page 9

• The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in wealth and depth of tone, but never hustled.

  Henry Adams

  Summer, Sunny Weather, Sunny Afternoon

  Henry Adams (1946). “The Education of Henry Adams”

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• We all know the Indians were colonized by the Europeans, but every colonized Indian has been colonized by the Indian reaction to colonization.

  Sherman Alexie

  Reactions, Colonization, Knows

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• Sixty percent of all Indians live in urban areas, but nobody's writing about them. They're really an underrepresented population, and the ironic thing is very, very few of those we call Native American writers actually grew up on reservations, and yet most of their work is about reservations.

  Sherman Alexie

  Writing, Native American, Ironic

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• I think that white women are more apt to read laterally. So I think there's some strong identification for women, and their political and social positions, and minorities. I think that the political power of, let's say, the average Indian man and a white woman are pretty equal.

  Sherman Alexie

  Strong, Thinking, Men

  "Redeemers". The New Yorker Interview, www.newyorker.com. April 21, 2003.

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• My career means, if you're a non-Indian writing about Indians, at least there's one Indian in your rearview mirror.

  Sherman Alexie

  Writing, Mean, Mirrors

  "All rage and heart". Interview with Maya Jaggi, www.theguardian.com. May 2, 2008.

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• Indians have a big problem with alcohol and drugs. I grew up with an admiration for their culture and was sensitive to their problems.

  Kirstie Alley

  Alcohol, Drug, Culture

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• We are Indians, firstly and lastly.

  B. R. Ambedkar

  India, Republic Day

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• Indians today are governed by two different ideologies. Their political ideal set in the preamble of the Constitution affirms a life of liberty, equality and fraternity. Their social ideal embodied in their religion denies them.

  B. R. Ambedkar

  Equality, Two, Political

  "Political Science for Civil Services Main Examination". Book by N.D. Arora, 2010.

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• The Canadians have managed to live peacefully with their Indians. It is disgrace that the United States has not done the same.

  Stephen Ambrose

  Usa, United States, Done

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• As to the Indians, the guiding principle was, promise them anything just so long as they get out of the way.

  Stephen Ambrose

  Guiding Principles, Long, Promise

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• Before my grandpa built his own church, we went to the neighboring town, and it was a white community. You know, up north, mostly middle European people and Indians, Chippewa Indians. We were welcome to that church, but once we got in, they didn't know what to do with us.

  James Earl Jones

  Up North, White, People

  "The Voice of Triumph". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 29, 1996.

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• An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.

  Chief Joseph

  Men, Bravery, Coward

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• We did not know there were other people besides the Indian until about one hundred winters ago, when some men with white faces came to our country.

  Chief Joseph

  Country, Winter, Men

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• When an Indian fights, he only shoots to kill.

  Chief Joseph

  Fighting

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• The Indian race is waiting and praying.

  Chief Joseph

  Race, Racism, Waiting

  Chief Joseph's speech in Washington, D.C. (1879), later published in Chester Anders Fee "Chief Joseph: The Biography of a Great Indian", www.pbs.org. 1936.

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• Some of you think an Indian is like a wild animal. This is a great mistake.

  Chief Joseph

  Mistake, Animal, Thinking

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• Governor Isaac Stevens of the Washington Territory said there were a great many white people in our country, and many more would come; that he wanted the land marked out so that the Indians and the white man could be separated.

  Chief Joseph

  Country, Men, White

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• I try not to put anything political on the forefront of what I'm trying to do creatively. At the same time, I do think it's wonderful when I hear people say that it's inspirational that I'm an Indian woman on camera. My life is very diverse, and my friends are a diverse group of people.

  Mindy Kaling

  Thinking, People, Political

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• I never want to be called the funniest Indian female comedian that exists. I feel like I can go head-to-head with the best white, male comedy writers that are out there. Why would I want to self-categorize myself into a smaller group than I’m able to compete in?

  Mindy Kaling

  Badass, Comedy Writing, Self

  "The New New Girl: Mindy Kaling Promotes Herself Out of The Office and Into The Mindy Project". Interview with Jada Yuan, www.vulture.com. September 9, 2012.

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• I used to forget that I was an Indian woman. I would even forget that I was a woman. I don't think of myself as bringing to the table a lot of 'women's issues.' I don't feel the need to write about maternity. I grew up thinking that the talented people in comedy were hard-joke writers.

  Mindy Kaling

  Writing, Thinking, Issues

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• I am Indian, and I'm proud of it. Indian life is mythologically rich and powerful.

  Anish Kapoor

  Powerful, Proud, Life Is

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• You know, I think we Indians are afraid to show and celebrate our happiness, lest things change around. But I feel that it's okay to be sad and okay to show when you are happy.

  Shahrukh Khan

  Thinking, Things Change, Celebrate

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• There was such a relationship between the buffalo and the American Indian - the Indians would eat them, live inside their pelts, use every part of the body. There was almost no separation between the people and the animals.

  Val Kilmer

  Animal, People, Use

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• Fortunately there is more wealth in the world than there was at the time of the global economic crisis of 1929 - Chinese, Indian, Arab and Russian.

  Karl Lagerfeld

  Chinese, World, Wealth

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• I was the first Indian model to have a career in Paris, Milan and New York. I am the first one to admit I was a novelty.

  Padma Lakshmi

  New York, Careers, Paris

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com. December, 2007.

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