--- title: "4 Indigenous Quotes By Tom Cole" description: "4 Indigenous quotes by Tom Cole. Plus more from Tom Cole and more Indigenous sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ff/tom-cole-27756_amazon_and-what-they-believe-in-real-life-is-co_265167.jpg" --- > [And what they believe in real life is complicated. Theodor Koch-Grunberg wrote in his diary that indigenous peoples in the Amazon see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-cole/and-what-they-believe-in-real-life-is-complicated-theodor-koch/) [Tom Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-cole/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ff/tom-cole-27756_amazon_and-what-they-believe-in-real-life-is-co_265167.jpg) > [The Ocaina and many of the other indigenous peoples of the Amazon were nearly wiped out during the rubber boom in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-cole/the-ocaina-and-many-of-the-other-indigenous-peoples-of-the-amazon/) [Tom Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-cole/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3f/tom-cole-27756_20th-century_the-ocaina-and-many-of-the-other-indigen_1353186.png) > [Both the old and young Karamakates are portrayed by indigenous men, neither of them professional actors. The old shaman is played by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-cole/both-the-old-and-young-karamakates-are-portrayed-by-indigenous-men/) [Tom Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-cole/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6d/tom-cole-27756_actors_both-the-old-and-young-karamakates-are-p_1465286.png) > [So "Embrace Of The Serpent" is told from the points of view and in the languages of the indigenous peoples of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-cole/so-embrace-of-the-serpent-is-told-from-the-points-of-view-and-in-the/) [Tom Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-cole/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d81/tom-cole-27756_amazon_so-embrace-of-the-serpent-is-told-from-t_3210469.png) ## Other authors on Indigenous - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rigoberta-menchu-79161.jpg) Rigoberta Menchu 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/rigoberta-menchu/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-evo-morales-34390.jpg) Evo Morales 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/evo-morales/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-malcolm-fraser-62853.jpg) Malcolm Fraser 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/malcolm-fraser/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rebecca-adamson-77772.jpg) Rebecca Adamson 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/rebecca-adamson/) - [Perry Bellegarde 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/perry-bellegarde/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-patty-mills-6365.jpg) Patty Mills 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/patty-mills/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-lily-gladstone-6158.jpg) Lily Gladstone 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/lily-gladstone/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-kevin-rudd-56900.jpg) Kevin Rudd 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/kevin-rudd/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-sandra-cisneros-82933.jpg) Sandra Cisneros 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/sandra-cisneros/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-roxanne-dunbarortiz-81448.jpg) Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/roxanne-dunbar-ortiz/) - [Jackie Huggins 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/jackie-huggins/) ## More by Tom Cole > [I admire Grover Norquist. I think hes done a lot of good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-cole/i-admire-grover-norquist-i-think-hes-done-a-lot-of-good/) [Tom Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-cole/) > [And what they believe in real life is complicated. Theodor Koch-Grunberg wrote in his diary that indigenous peoples in the Amazon see these outsiders…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-cole/and-what-they-believe-in-real-life-is-complicated-theodor-koch/) [Tom Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-cole/) > [The two explorers are given fictional names. But as in real life, they travel to the Amazon roughly a generation apart, in the early-to-mid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-cole/the-two-explorers-are-given-fictional-names-but-as-in-real-life-they/) [Tom Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-cole/) > [I really do believe most people understand raising tax rates is bad for the economy, it costs jobs. It actually in the long term…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-cole/i-really-do-believe-most-people-understand-raising-tax-rates-is-bad/) [Tom Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-cole/) > [In the end, all Republicans want to make sure we don't increase taxes. That's where we differ with the Democrats.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-cole/in-the-end-all-republicans-want-to-make-sure-we-don-t-increase-taxes/) [Tom Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-cole/) > [I would like to say that what Mel Phillips was doing was not sexual harassment but more sexual abuse of children, because he was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-cole/i-would-like-to-say-that-what-mel-phillips-was-doing-was-not-sexual/) [Tom Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-cole/) > [The Ocaina and many of the other indigenous peoples of the Amazon were nearly wiped out during the rubber boom in the late 19th…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-cole/the-ocaina-and-many-of-the-other-indigenous-peoples-of-the-amazon/) [Tom Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-cole/) > [I admire Grover Norquist. I think he's done a lot of good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-cole/i-admire-grover-norquist-i-think-he-s-done-a-lot-of-good/) [Tom Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-cole/) > [Both the old and young Karamakates are portrayed by indigenous men, neither of them professional actors. The old shaman is played by Antonio Bolivar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-cole/both-the-old-and-young-karamakates-are-portrayed-by-indigenous-men/) [Tom Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-cole/) > [Well, I guess the sexual abuse by Mel Phillips in a sense, he had a fetish for feet. He used to play with my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-cole/well-i-guess-the-sexual-abuse-by-mel-phillips-in-a-sense-he-had-a/) [Tom Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-cole/) > ["Embrace Of The Serpent" has been a big deal for Colombians outside the Amazon. It's been showing continuously there for more than three months.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-cole/embrace-of-the-serpent-has-been-a-big-deal-for-colombians-outside-the/) [Tom Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-cole/) > [Karamakate says, "to become a warrior, every Cohiuano man must leave everything behind and go into the jungle, guided only by his dreams. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-cole/karamakate-says-to-become-a-warrior-every-cohiuano-man-must-leave/) [Tom Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-cole/) > [I'm against tax increases on anyone, period, end of debate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-cole/i-m-against-tax-increases-on-anyone-period-end-of-debate/) [Tom Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-cole/) > [Follow up the interview with a phone call. If Carrot Top can figure out how to use a phone, so can you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-cole/follow-up-the-interview-with-a-phone-call-if-carrot-top-can-figure/) [Tom Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-cole/) > [The loss of the culture is one of the main reasons Ciro Guerra wanted to tell their story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-cole/the-loss-of-the-culture-is-one-of-the-main-reasons-ciro-guerra-wanted/) [Tom Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-cole/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/tom-cole/#itemlist", "name": "4 Indigenous Quotes By Tom Cole", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "And what they believe in real life is complicated. 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