"We Americans are tempted to distinguish ourselves from……" — Michael Dorris
"We Americans are tempted to distinguish ourselves from other current and former inhabitants of this planet by assuming that we are ruled by progress."
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11 Quotes by Michael Dorris
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Grandfather was well known for being stubborn in his ideas. For instance... you had to go to sleep facing east…
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I watched the way you watch when you know you want to remember.
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I certainly don't object to [writers] trying to imagine the lives of other societies, but you have to do it…
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At different stages in our lives, the signs of love may vary: dependence, attraction, contentment, worry, loyalty, grief, but at…
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Don't ask so many questions and they will all be answered.
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To be known for one's saddest story is not the road to notoriety anyone would willingly choose.
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My son will forever travel through a moonless night with only the roar of wind for company.... A drowning man…
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Considering that virtually none of the standard fare surrounding Thanksgiving contains an ounce of authenticity, historical accuracy, or cross-cultural perception,…
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Dinner is to a day what dessert is to dinner.
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The necessity of loyalty between friends, the responsibility that the strong owe the infirm, the illusion of ill-gotten gain, the…
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