Joy Harjo Quotes

My ancestors include Monahwee, who was one of the leaders in the Red Stick War, which was the largest Indian uprising in history, and Osceola, who refused to sign a treaty with the United States.

Joy Harjo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 9, 1951

Topics

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The bottom line is that five million low-income Americans working full time for minimum wage, deserve a raise.

Jim Clyburn

TimeDeserveMinimum WageLineFive

I do know where I'm going and it's just a matter of finding the language to get there.

John Irving

LanguageFindingKnowMatterGoing

A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our armchair - why, this is the desideratum of mankind.

John Jay Chapman

TruthVisionWhyOutMankindUs

I have a hard enough time speaking for myself - I don't pretend I can be a spokesman for anybody. I have no interest in playing that role.

Mathieu Kassovitz

TimeMyselfEnoughI CanHardRole

I still play the guitar and piano, but hardly ever in public.

Michael Storm

GuitarPlayPianoStillPublicEver

All I did was go to school and play golf. I didn't have much of a social life.

Jason Day

LifeSchoolGolfPlayGoSocial

That's one of those things about being a computer science major: Valentine's Day is just another day.

Jawed Karim

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You have to think of your brand as a kind of myth. A myth is a compelling story that is archetypal, if you know the teachings of Carl Jung. It has to have emotional content and all the themes of a great story: mystery, magic, adventure, intrigue, conflicts, contradiction, paradox.

Deepak Chopra

GreatAdventureStoryThinkBrand

There is no real limit to how much better a person who really commits to getting better can get. Every manager has the potential to become an excellent manager for the rest of his or her career.

Brian Tracy

RestPotentialBetterGetting Better

When you build characters from the outside in, they become, oftentimes they become like 'Saturday Night Live' characters or they become like caricatures of the character.

Ashton Kutcher

LiveCharacterNightSaturdayYou

When we can find some humor in our upsets, they no longer seem as large or as important as they once did.

Allen Klein

HumorFindImportantSeemSomeOnce

Funnily enough, of course I've always thought B was amazing, but I've never been, like, 'Beyhive status'... until actually meeting her. I would honestly drop anything I'm doing to work for her again. Not just because of who she is but because of my experience with her filming for two days.

Winnie Harlow

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