Tribes Quotes

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In Paul Friedrich's book Proto-Indo-European Trees he identifies the "semantic primitives" of the Indo-European tribe of languages through a group of words that have not… — Gary Snyder
It should be remembered that hundreds of people of African ancestry also walked the Trail of Tears with the Cherokee during the forced removal of… — Wilma Mankiller
Books were despised by the Viking Tribes, as they were seen as a horrible civilizing influence and a threat to the barbarian culture. — Cressida Cowell
Tribes will be defined by social enclaves on the internet, rather than by geography or kinship, but the world will be more fragmented and less… — Jim Horning
Several Southeastern tribes have long said that their ancestors received immigrants from Mesoamerica and that these immigrants introduced many cultural changes. Far too few anthropologists… — Richard Thornton
I think one of poetry's functions is not to give us what we want... The poet isn't always of use to the tribe. The tribe… — Heather McHugh
As Native Americans, we believe the Rainbow is a sign from the Spirit in all things. It is a sign of the union of all… — Thomas Banyacya
If I as a geologist were called upon to explain briefly our modern ideas of the origin of the earth and the development of life… — Wallace Pratt
The Pashtun tribes are always engaged in private or public war. Every man is a warrior, a politician and a theologian Every large house is… — Winston Churchill
It is essential to our interest and the security of our colonies that the several nations or tribes of Indians... who live under our protection,… — George III
The writer in western civilization has become not a voice of his tribe, but of his individuality. This is a very narrow-minded situation. — Aharon Appelfeld
PIGMY, n. One of a tribe of very small men found by ancient travelers in many parts of the world, but by modern in Central… — Ambrose Bierce
In better times the religion of the tribe or state has nothing in common with the private and foreign superstitions or magical rites that savage… — William Robertson Smith
If you go and watch the way the primitive tribes live, you will know what work is in relation to celebration. They work the whole… — Rajneesh
The walls between old allies on either side of the Atlantic cannot stand. The walls between the countries with the most and those with the… — Barack Obama
When not protected by law, by popular favor or superstition, or by other special circumstances, [birds] yield very readily to the influences of civilization, and,… — George Perkins Marsh
The social system based on and consonant with the altruist morality-with the code of self-sacrifice- is socialism, in all or any of its variants: fascism,… — Ayn Rand
Part of Sykes's motive was rooted in religiosity. A devout Catholic, he regarded a return of the ancient tribe of Israel to the Holy Land… — Scott Anderson
The opportunity is not in being momentarily popular with the anonymous masses. It's in being missed when you're gone, in doing work that matters to… — Seth Godin
I'm passionate and I travel the world not just as a tourist but to understand cultures... I've lived with Masai tribe... I travel the world… — John Galliano

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