Winona LaDuke Quotes

Food sovereignty is an affirmation of who we are as indigenous peoples and a way, one of the most surefooted ways, to restore our relationship with the world around us.

Winona LaDuke

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RelationshipFoodWorldWayRestore

My dad was a stickler for teaching me the pratfall. There is something magical about taking a good fall, and when it works, when you get that laugh, there's no better feeling in the world.

Jerry Lewis

GoodMeWorldBetterLaughYou

I don't see myself as beautiful. I was a kid who was freckle-faced, and they used to call me 'hay head.'

Robert Redford

BeautifulMyselfMeKidSeeHead

My dad was Jewish. My mom is not. So I was not raised anything.

Matt Lauer

MomJewishAnythingRaisedDad

I fail to see how anything can still be weird in 2016.

Sturgill Simpson

WeirdSeeAnythingFailStillHow

When I was up there at the plate, my purpose was to get on base anyway I could, whether by hitting or by getting hit.

Shoeless Joe Jackson

PurposeUpGetPlateHitHitting

I measure success in terms of the connection with the audience, which we've been able to do in spades. I mean, it's very hard to do that. You think about it, you go back in time, you can say, 'Well, there's, like, 'Saturday Night Live' and 'Rolling Stone' or 'MTV.' I think 'Vice' is in that category now.

Tom Freston

SuccessLiveTimeNightThinkYou

At Cornell University, my professor of European literature, Vladimir Nabokov, changed the way I read and the way I write. Words could paint pictures, I learned from him. Choosing the right word, and the right word order, he illustrated, could make an enormous difference in conveying an image or an idea.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

WordsLiteraturePicturesWayImage

I realize that of all people, I am no expert on parenting or marriage.

Mika Brzezinski

MarriageParentingI AmPeopleAm

I have lots of friends. I mix with all sorts of people, of all generations.

Jonathan King

PeopleFriendsGenerationsMixLots

Simple jewelry is best - bigger pieces get in the way when I'm baking.

Christina Tosi

BestSimpleJewelryBakingWayGet

A lot of people think I'm that guy in 'Betsy's Wedding', but I'm not. What it is for me is that, on some level, I connect with the character emotionally.

Anthony LaPaglia

CharacterPeopleMeThinkWedding

I had insecurities and fears like everybody does, and I got over it. But I was interested in the parts of me that struggled with those things.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

MeOverThingsGotOver ItLike

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