#w

To use the power of the bison, I had to perform that part of my vision for the people to see. ↗

— Black Elk

#had #i #part #people #perform

You see, I had been riding with the storm clouds, and had come to earth as rain, and it was drought that I had killed with the power that the Six Grandfathers gave me. ↗

— Black Elk

#clouds #come #drought #earth #gave

If you believe in your heart that you are right, you must fight with all your might to do it your way. Only dead fish swim with the stream all the time. ↗

— Linda Ellerbee

#dead #fight #fish #heart #might

I have always felt that laughter in the face of reality is probably the finest sound there is and will last until the day when the game is called on account of darkness. In this world, a good time to laugh is any time you can. ↗

— Linda Ellerbee

#always #any #called #darkness #day

If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck? ↗

— Linda Ellerbee

#day #how #intelligent #little #men

As I grew up, I was interested in other areas, too, especially literature. It became a major love of mine. Later, it became a difficult choice for me as to whether to major in music or literature. It wasn't until my 30s that I began a profession in music. ↗

— Tom Glazer

#became #began #choice #difficult #especially

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#makes #men #protest #should #silence

Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young. ↗

— Duke Ellington

#being #fate #kind #me #too

There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone. ↗

— Duke Ellington

#art #gone #hardly #interest #money

I was just a bumpkin. Just a country bumpkin. I had just come to New York from Virginia. Or was it Baltimore? ↗

— Cass Elliot

#come #country #had #i #just