Joy Harjo Quotes

I don't like this romanticization of Indian people in which Indian people are looked at as spiritual saviors, as people who have always taken care of the land. We're human beings. But I think different cultures have developed different aspects of humanness.

Joy Harjo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SpiritualPeopleThinkCareLand

I have Czech, I have Russian, I have English, I have Italian. Uh, what am I missing? A little bit of Irish. The Russian is Jewish. So I'm your classic American mutt.

Joe Lhota

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I think it's my nature to - every time I hear about an award or a nomination, it makes me realize how much I must've been losing before, because I was not aware that every major city had these critics' awards.

Jesse Eisenberg

NatureTimeLosingCityMeThink

When we push against who we naturally are, we feel stress, things don't progress easily, we beat ourselves up for getting crappy results, and everything is an effort.

Jen Sincero

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Every law out there is to protect the safety of every individual, regardless of their age and regardless of their race. And so, if those laws are not working, then we need to work to change them.

Robert P. McCulloch

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Sometimes being scared of something can be good because it can give you strength. A great example for me would be acting in English! Basically, whenever I'm scared of a project, I know it's worth it.

Stephanie Sigman

StrengthGoodGreatMeYouActing

If it's flipping hamburgers at McDonald's, be the best hamburger flipper in the world. Whatever it is you do you have to master your craft.

Snoop Dogg

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I'd like an omelet named after me.

Rufus Sewell

MeLikeAfterNamedOmelet

You always want to know what happened before you. It's a human instinct to know where you came from and what preceded you.

Russell Freedman

YouKnowWantHumanAlwaysWhere

The Republicans have kind of painted themselves into a kind of a real demographic corner, if you will.

Martin O'Malley

YouKindWillRealCornerPainted

What we believe to be the motives of our conduct are usually but the pretexts for it.

Miguel de Unamuno

BelieveMotivesConductOur

I used to sing with my father's jazz band and then when I was ten years old a musician friend of his suggested that I try out for the first west coast production of Annie.

Molly Ringwald

FriendFatherJazzTryBandFirst

I have a strong and strange character, and I've rarely met directors who knew what to do with this character. One of the few who did was my father, and in the theatre, Arthur Nauzyciel.

Lou Doillon

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