Winona LaDuke Quotes

The first thing I am is a person. I am a woman. And I am part of a nation, the Indian nation. But people either relate to you as an Indian or as a woman. They relate to you as a category. A lot of people don't realize that I am not that different from everyone else.

Winona LaDuke

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WomanI AmPeopleYouPersonFirst

I believe it would demean Nobel Prizes if they were awarded to research students, except in very exceptional cases.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

ResearchBelieveI BelieveStudents

I don't have an extraordinary degree of self-confidence, but I know the gift I have been given from God and I try to share it with as many people as possible. Having a great voice is not a merit. I don't think it is a merit.

Andrea Bocelli

GodGreatPeopleGiftVoiceThink

My daughter's just going to be really hip! My goal is to be as eco-conscious as possible: There's so much out there for parents who want to do that. I plan to keep her eco-friendly as she gets older. I think we all sort of have to do it.

Ana Ortiz

DaughterParentsThinkPlanGoal

Concealing one's true medical condition from the voting public is a time-honored tradition of the American presidency.

Robert Dallek

MedicalVotingAmericanTradition

I'm not trying to be anyone. You know why other executives always hire phonies? Because they're phonies. They hire phonies because they like phonies. They're comfortable with them.

Roger Ailes

TryingYouKnowComfortableWhy

I was taught from a very early age that it was probably the most American thing you can do is to question what's going on and to try to fix things that you see that aren't right. I believed that as a young person, and I believe that today.

Michael Moore

AgeTodayBelieveAmericanYouTry

My mission in life was to make sure that there were no women walking around who didn't know me personally.

Lorenzo Lamas

LifeWomenMeWalkingMissionKnow

Far better to be the simplest pedestrian, with knapsack on back, stick in hand, and gun on shoulder, than an Indian prince travelling with all the ceremonial which his rank requires.

Jules Verne

GunBetterBackHandShoulderStick

The best thing about success was being able to buy my parents a house.

Bonnie Tyler

SuccessBestParentsHouseBuyAble

I have always wanted to become a musician and a singer.

Arijit Singh

BecomeAlwaysSingerMusicianWanted

Drinking beer is easy. Trashing your hotel room is easy. But being a Christian, that's a tough call. That's rebellion.

Alice Cooper

BeerToughHotelChristianEasy

When I was 13, Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground made more sense to me than anything else.

Alissa Quart

MeMoreAnythingVelvetSenseMade

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