#indian

On no further occasion present a flag or medal to an Indian. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

#further #indian #medal #occasion #present

When I had a job catering, I catered a wedding for the Smashing Pumpkins bassist in Indiana. And I served Billy Corgan shrimp off a tray. ↗

— Amy Poehler

#billy #catering #had #i #indiana

When I began competing with the other artists in New York, I discovered classical North Indian music. ↗

— Henry Flynt

#began #classical #competing #discovered #i

Every year 3.1 million Indian children die before the age of 5, mostly from diseases of poverty like diarrhea. ↗

— Nicholas D. Kristof

#before #children #diarrhea #die #diseases

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

#built #church #community #european #got

Maybe I'm genetically more inclined to music - but the music I make is so far removed from Indian classical music. I grew up in Texas! ↗

— Norah Jones

#classical music #far #genetically #grew #i

People's identities as Indians, as Asians, or as members of the human race, seemed to give way - quite suddenly - to sectarian identification with Hindu, Muslim, or Sikh communities. ↗

— Amartya Sen

#communities #give #hindu #human #human race

The Indian economy grew at 5.5 percent, but if you look at the last 30 years - for example, 1960 to 1985 - the progress made by East Asian countries was phenomenal. In a single generation they had been able to transform the character of their economy. They were able to get rid of chronic poverty. ↗

— Manmohan Singh

#asian #asian countries #been #character #chronic

I was bred as an outcast, part Negro and part Seminole, in my early years raised as an Indian. ↗

— Willie Stargell

#early #i #indian #outcast #part

We continued to move forward without loss of time, hoping to be able to reach the wood described by the Indians before all our horses should become exhausted. ↗

— William Henry Ashley

#become #before #continued #described #exhausted