"I think ethnic and regional labels are insulting……" — James Welch
"I think ethnic and regional labels are insulting to writers and really put restrictions on them. People don't think your work is quite as universal."
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16 Quotes by James Welch
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I wrote a lot in study hall to while away the hours.
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The title of the poems was The Only Bar in Dixon. We sent it out to The New Yorker on…
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Nobody would take checks from Indians, nobody would give them any credit, and nobody would let them drink in the…
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I do believe in the viability of Indian spiritualism.
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I used to object to being called an Indian writer, and would always say I was a writer who happened…
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I am definitely a storyteller, but probably not a traditional Storyteller.
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I wander around, get the lay of the land and try to imagine what kind of people would have lived…
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Richard Hugo taught me that anyone with a desire to write, an ear for language and a bit of imagination…
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To receive this award from an organization I admire so much makes me totally happy and grateful.
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Our literature is in great shape.
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My poems were just kind of all over the place. They had no focus, no location, nothing. Kind of a…
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Before, Indian people had been so defeated, they were always looking for outsiders, for the government, to somehow come in…
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More Ethnic Quotes
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Casting ethnic characters is a very hard thing to do, but it's important. It's also interesting.
— Darren Aronofsky
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My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
— Arthur Ashe
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The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion or ethnic background, is that we all…
— Dave Barry
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Food is everything we are. It's an extension of nationalist feeling, ethnic feeling, your personal history, your province, your region,…
— Anthony Bourdain
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School boards are, for the most part ,made up of political wannabes who see a board seat as a stepping…
— Eli Broad
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Don't let anyone call you a minority if you're black or Hispanic or belong to some other ethnic group. You're…
— Gwendolyn Brooks
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It seems to me that the idea traditionally defended of endeavoring to maintain existing ethnic balances simply doesn't work any…
— William F. Buckley, Jr.
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My features are completely ethnic.
— Naomi Campbell
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In the middle of the night, when you're ambiguously ethnic, like me, when you're brown, beige, mauve, siena, one of…
— Sherman Alexie
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We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity that nourishes and strengthens this…
— Cesar Chavez
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I want to make it clear that the black race did not come to the United States culturally empty-handed. The…
— John Henrik Clarke
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Immigrants do more than help us win our wars, or set up cleaning shops or ethnic restaurants.
— Stephen Ambrose
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