#native

The trouble with Grace, she thought, is that she is so literal. But that was the trouble with most people, when it came down to it; there were very few who enjoyed flights of fantasy, and to have that sort of mind--one which enjoyed dry with and understood the absurd--left one in a shrinking minority. ↗

— Alexander McCall Smith

#wise #witty #witty

You'd never know it from reading the rest of the Native writers, but Indians actually grew up with American pop culture. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#american #culture #grew #indians #know

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

#actually #american #american writers #areas #call

My wife was the first romantic partner who understood both American and native parts of me - not so much the positive stuff, but the damage. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#both #damage #first #me #much

The realization of a sustainable economic development strategy for Maine's Native American communities has always been a priority and a critical element of my administration's overall economic development strategy. ↗

— John Baldacci

#always #american #been #communities #critical

Quality is decided by the depth at which the work incorporates the alternatives within itself, and so masters them. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#decided #depth #itself #masters #quality

For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour. ↗

— Mary Kay Ash

#alternative #come #course #detour #every

A long apprenticeship is the most logical way to success. The only alternative is overnight stardom, but I can't give you a formula for that. ↗

— Chet Atkins

#apprenticeship #formula #give #i #logical

Many young Japanese were hearing for the first time the words of Native people from the West. ↗

— Dennis Banks

#first time #hearing #japanese #many #native

Since the beginning, Native Peoples lived a life of being in harmony with all that surrounds us. ↗

— Dennis Banks

#being #harmony #life #lived #native