Famous Quotes & Sayings

R. Robinson

I didn't know much about my Native American ancestry, but as I got older I became more interested in it.

Will Rogers

My forefathers didn't come over on the Mayflower, but they met the boat.

Rick Yancey

I'm not encouraged by the silence. I can think of no benign reason for it. I'm afraid we may expect something closer to Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas than a scene from Close Encounters, and we all know how that turned out for the Native Americans.

Yancy Butler

Yancy is actually a Native-American name, but I'm Irish. Go figure.

Nate Parker

It's therapy. [people] say true healing requires honest confrontation, and that can be seen on a macro scale with America and the things that have been swept under the rug, whether it be with the native Americans or slavery, or whatever holocaust that's happened on this soil.

John Baldacci

The realization of a sustainable economic development strategy for Maine's Native American communities has always been a priority and a critical element of my administration's overall economic development strategy.

Newt Gingrich

And my point was one I think that you'd agree with, which is there's no room in America for a black racist, a Latino racist, or a white racist, or an Asian racist, or a Native American racist. Now, we're either color blind or we're not color blind.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Nobody else in the world has a form like the Native American musical, and Americans should be very proud.

Elizabeth Warren

I'm proud of my Native American heritage,

Andrew Sorensen

Jack Pratt has the character, the leadership skills and the qualities to inspire confidence and optimism.

Robin Hobb

I would say that many of the characters in my stories do not live in true poverty - they are not out on the street; they are not wondering if there will be anything to eat in the next week. They are people who are at the lower echelons of the economic strata.

George Bodenheimer

Keith Jackson is a man of great character and a legendary broadcaster. For decades, his unmistakable style defined college football for millions of fans. While we hate to say goodbye, we understand his decision and wish him the very best.

Sela Ward

I swore I'd never do another hour show... until I read the first page of this script and I just hooked into Lily's character so much and the writing.

John Searles

I take stuff from real life and try to make a character out of it. And I try to live the world of the characters a little bit.

Anna Friel

I also like the fact that the character isn't a typical footballer's wife, she doesn't need the bling and being at the forefront of everything.

Gillian Anderson

I also respond very strongly to characters I have not done before ... something I can really sink my teeth into, and what's scary, and what terrifies me, because that's where I need to go.

Jonathan Davis

He was a guy who really liked Sinatra, stuck at this alternative-rock radio station, ... So we had the character record his own versions of these (alternative) songs. That was the original inspiration for Cheese.

Gale Anne Hurd

I've always been a fan of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. I like working with larger-than-life characters in fascinating worlds - places where the rules are different.

Kay Redfield Jamison

Moods are complicated and very much a part of who we are. People would be very boring without them.

Andrew Shue

I was lucky, because of Student Council, my classes, sports and social life, there were different people I had friendships with.

H. Hart

I would try to put more people on the road without doing any more hiring.

Don Miller

Just like I've been telling people all year, Ryan isn't going anywhere.

Jeff Palmer

Just watching the news, seeing what those people are going through, touches me,

MC Hammer

I think it is a shock to people to find out that MC Hammer is a super geek.

Stephen Graham

I adore my job. I think I'm one of the luckiest people out there. I've worked hard, but I get to mess about every day - that's how I see it.

H. Hunt

He used to laugh. He'd get people to do it and not tell them what was going to happen.

Graham Elliot

I do take pity on some of the people that have to work with me.