Wilma Mankiller Quotes

Prior to my election, young Cherokee girls would never have thought that they might grow up and become chief.

Wilma Mankiller

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: statesman
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: November 18, 1945

Topics

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I used to have six left feet. Now I only have one and a half left feet.

Jesse McCartney

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You're not going to eliminate concussions. Anytime you hit your head, you have a chance of getting a concussion, in any sport, too. I think we have to learn more about it. Part of it is rules, part of it is equipment, part of it is medical studies, knowing more about the brain.

John Madden

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Many an optimist has become rich by buying out a pessimist.

Robert G. Allen

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I really think that Muslim people should stop raising their boys and girls that way. They instill a macho culture right from the start of childhood. And if you have never learned to treat girls and women respectfully, you will never be able to act differently later on than the men in your culture, and in your family. That's fact.

Sibel Kekilli

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By the time we got to MGM, and Lions Gate the movie was done there was nothing else to say. It was done. Just as at Universal, it was art by committee.

Rob Zombie

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The happiest people I know as a nation are the Burmese; their brightness and cheeriness are proverbial. Kindness to animals is one of their greatest 'weaknesses'; no Burmese will kill an animal, even if it is to put it out of pain.

Robert Baden-Powell

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Not everyone can lead worship.

Michael W. Smith

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For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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I sing a lot about love.

Dennis Brown

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I am a black belt in martial arts. I like to drink scotch. I go skydiving. So I never really saw myself as a woman or a minority. I just went out there and did my thing, and it didn't even cross my mind.

Cheryl Yeoh

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When I'm writing for other people, I have to play it safe.

Bonnie McKee

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Sometimes in the Champions League, I don't think it's always the best team that wins it. It depends on how you play on a certain day.

Ashley Cole

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