Native Quotes

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There is nothing so American as our national parks. The scenery and the wildlife are native. The fundamental idea behind the parks is native. It… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
The native hue of resolution is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought; and enterprises of great pitch and moment, With this regard, their… — William Shakespeare
It is a curious emotion, this certain homesickness I have in mind. With Americans, it is a national trait, as native to us as the… — Carson McCullers
The misfortune of a young man who returns to his native land after years away is that he finds his native land foreign; whereas the… — Brian Aldiss
. . .and every native has a story of winter â€“ stories that usually begin, You call this a storm? And grow in the telling… — Richard Paul Evans
I had a desire to see something besides my own shores, if only to be content to return to them someday. If I wish to… — Margaret George
Whenever I saw her, I felt like I had been living in another country, doing moderately well in another language, and then she showed up… — Ann Patchett
A man who has lived in many places is not likely to be deceived by the local errors of his native village; the scholar has… — C.S. Lewis
Potassium cyanide," says the talent wrangler as she leans over to pick up a paper napkin off the floor. "Found naturally in the cassava or… — Chuck Palahniuk
Thierry had no idea why they were called French doors. His native countrymen weren't stupid enough to put them in their homes. — Lynn Viehl
Having a place means that you know what a place means...what it means in a storied sense of myth, character and presence but also in… — Gary Snyder
Life would be impossible on such a planet. It wouldn't get enough heat and light, and if it rotated there would be total darkness half… — Isaac Asimov
Choices are funny things-ask a native tribe that's eaten grubs and roots forever if they're unhappy, and they'll shrug. But give them filet mignon and… — Jodi Picoult
Queequeg was a native of Kokovoko, an island far away to the West and South. It is not down in any map; true places never… — Herman Melville
A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air. "Why?" asks… — Lynne Truss
Why donâ€™t you purchase an Italian dictionary? I will assume the expense.â€ â€œI have one,â€ she said, â€œbut I donâ€™t think itâ€™s very good. Half… — Julia Quinn
Our defeat was always implicit in the victory of others; our wealth has always generated our poverty by nourishing the prosperity of others - the… — Eduardo Galeano
I don't understand why people never say what they mean. It's like the immigrants who come to a country and learn the language but are… — Jodi Picoult
It is a strange world," I murmered, more to myself than to the native soul. "The strangest," he agreed. — Stephenie Meyer
At noon I observed a bevy of nude young native women bathing in the sea, and I went and sat down on there clothes to… — Mark Twain

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