Joy Harjo Quotes

When explorers first encountered my people, they called us heathens, sun worshippers. They didn't understand that the sun is a relative and illuminates our path on this earth.

Joy Harjo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PathSunPeopleEarthUnderstandUs

Thinking about Amazon's restraints - the company has never tried to introduce a social network or an email service, for example - you can understand something about the future Amazon seems to envision: A time when no screen is needed at all, just your voice.

Jenna Wortham

FutureTimeServiceVoiceThinking

When grace happens, we receive not a nice compliment from God but a new heart. Give your heart to Christ, and he returns the favor.

Max Lucado

GodHeartGraceNewNiceCompliment

I do a happy dance even when I get a guest-star role.

Robert Knepper

DanceHappyGetRoleEven

Basically, one of the hardest things about being an actor is getting your first break. I'm a product of nepotism. The doors were open to me. I'd done several movies before I decided what I wanted to do.

Jeff Bridges

MeDoorsDoneMoviesActorFirst

Anybody that knows me knows that I'm definitely a guy's girl.

Stacy Keibler

GirlMeGuyKnowsAnybody

By preventing dangerous asteroid strikes, we can save millions of people, or even our entire species. And, as human beings, we can take responsibility for preserving this amazing evolutionary experiment of which we and all life on Earth are a part.

Rusty Schweickart

LifeResponsibilityPeopleAmazing

I absolutely adore classic crime and read a huge amount as a teen - Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Sherlock Holmes, Josephine Tey, and many more.

Ruth Ware

TeenCrimeMoreClassicAbsolutely

But you know we couldn't compare what we do with what the British athletes did at the Olympics. We are very proud to be British and if we have done our bit to promote Britain in a historic year for the country that's brilliant.

Louis Tomlinson

ProudYearYouCountryKnowDone

For me, I love food. It's my greatest pleasure and also the thing that could ruin you as well. It's one of those things where, if you're not thoughtful about it, it could be unhealthy. But if there's a mindfulness about it; it actually is a wonderful tool of emotional expression.

Jon Favreau

LoveFoodMeYouThoughtfulTool

The good Lord was good to me. He gave me a strong body, a good right arm, and a weak mind.

Dizzy Dean

GoodMindMeStrongBodyRight

You're in pretty good shape for the shape you are in.

Dr. Seuss

GoodHealthYouShapePretty

I took a little break after 'The Palace of Illusions' to clear my head.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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