Russell Means Quotes

Being is a spiritual proposition. Gaining is a material act. Traditionally, American Indians have always attempted to be the best people they could. Part of that spiritual process was and is to give away wealth, to discard wealth in order not to gain.

Russell Means

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 10, 1939 - October 22, 2012

Topics

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My dream became bigger and bigger. And the box got bigger than the message, than the Gospel.

Jim Bakker

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I was no longer, if I had ever been, afraid to die: I was now afraid not to die.

Joan Didion

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When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more.

John Adams

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I wanted to enjoy my life and challenge myself.

Shinsuke Nakamura

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What is the most important is never to give up, never to give in to circumstances, to trust yourself.

Luka Modric

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I'm very grateful to all the people of Fresno, to Philip Levine and all the poets before me, and all the farmworkers. I didn't get here by myself.

Juan Felipe Herrera

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Running around when I was a kid was a really happy time; a time when getting home for dinner or for sleep were my only responsibilities.

Josh Hartnett

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Usually, I like stuff kind of fitted, but I'm getting more and more into this comfort, this melding of comfort and style rather than looking like you've tried to shove yourself into some sort of sausage casing.

Chris Pine

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I never want to have to take certain roles, because I want to maintain a certain level of artistic credibility. But sometimes you're forced to do things for the money.

Columbus Short

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Like it or not, Jesse Ventura is a Navy SEAL. He did the pushups and put up with the cold water, just like the rest of us.

Brandon Webb

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My personal mission has always been to empower people to be creative. But the Holy Grail of a tinkerer is to make something that makes something.

Bre Pettis

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Work begets work.

Brion James

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