Tribes Quotes

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I always have one or two, sometimes more, Navajo or other tribes' cultural elements in mind when I start a plot. In Thief of Time,… — Tony Hillerman
If you move between battalions, you are still within the same tribe. — Mike Jackson
Because there could not be peace, not while two tribes shared one land. One tribe must win. Even the nailed god cannot change that truth.… — Bernard Cornwell
My daddy never really lived before he died, He could never count on justice or know a free manâ€™s pride, And now itâ€™s almost certain… — Bob Teague
There are few tribes more loathsome than the American Right, and their vicious use of the shortcomings in the NHS to attack Barack Obama's attempts… — Simon Hoggart
It was very important thousands of years ago to categorize things. I can eat that plant, I can't eat that plant. Or this tribe, not… — Keegan-Michael Key
Every sentence has its drumbeat. rhythm is one of the most powerful dimensions of language: it separates tribes, united families, soothes children, and shocks us… — Marilyn Chandler McEntyre
Mankind is not a tribe of animals to which we owe compassion. Mankind is a club to which we owe our subscription. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I have to submit to much in order to pacify the touchy tribe of poets. — Horace
All the territorial possessions of all the political establishments in the earth--including America, of course-- consist of pilferings from other people's wash. No tribe, howsoever… — Mark Twain
Our supple tribes repress their patriot throats, And ask no questions but the price of votes. — Samuel Johnson
The continuous disasters of man's history are mainly due to his excessive capacity and urge to become identified with a tribe, nation, church or cause,… — Arthur Koestler
Some tribes [of monkeys] have taken to washing potatoes in the river before eating them, others have not. Sometimes migrating groups of potato-washers meet non-washers,… — Arthur Koestler
I was one of Them: the Strange Ones. The Funny People. The Odd Tribes of autograph collectors and photographers. The Ones who waited through long… — Ray Bradbury
Evolution has programmed us to feel rejection in our guts. This is how the tribe inforced obedience, by wielding the threat of expulsion. Fear of… — Steven Pressfield
What are man and woman if not members of two very different and warring tribes Yet decade after decade, century after century, they attempt in… — Andrew Schneider
My favorite single line from the QurÂ’an is from Surah 49:13, which says that God made us different nations and tribes that we may come… — Eboo Patel
I am committed to furthering the self-determination of Indian communities but without terminating the special relationship between the Federal Government and the Indian people. I… — Gerald R. Ford
The Old and New Testaments are the stick of Judah. You recollect that the tribe of Judah tarried in Jerusalem and the Lord blessed Judah,… — Brigham Young
The nearest approach I have ever seen to the symmetry of ancient sculpture was among the Arab tribes of Ethiopia. Our Saxon race can supply… — Bayard Taylor

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