Arawaks History Quotes & Sayings

The thoughts of my emotionally so disturbed days must be found again, shifted and developed further. Here and there something of the loose remarks I make must be used, but only when it finds my attention again. — Robert Musil

The telephone is the greatest nuisance among conveniences, the greatest convenience among nuisances. — Robert Staughton Lynd

I am often dishonest in my techniques ... I happily admit to cheating, it's all part of the game. I hope some of the fun for the viewer comes from not knowing what's real and what isn't — Derren Brown

It's such an egotistical thing to be able to just stand there and say, 'Action!' It's like being a little mini-god. — Brian Helgeland

Strength does not come in those times when you hit the mark; it comes in those times when you strive to but miss. — Deborah Brodie

I don't like to write from a flat, cold position. You must like what you're doing very much or like the people
either like them or hate them. You can't be indifferent. — Saul Bellow

Beware of will power. It damages your giving-up skills. — Vikrmn

In fantasy the world is always adapting to you, in reality you are always adapting to the world. That is the only difference. — Girl234

Why settle for the 'get by' when in the long run the good costs less? — Zig Ziglar

The breath of life is divine grace of God. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I want to go on tour with the most exciting artists, and I want to make sure that I have songs with all of them. — Drake

Life doesn't stop because something happens to you. — Magic Johnson

Thus, in that inevitable taking of sides which comes from selection and emphasis in history, I prefer to try to tell the story of the discovery of America from the viewpoint of the Arawaks, of the Constitution from the standpoint of the slaves, of Andrew Jackson as seen by the Cherokees, of the Civil War as seen by the New York Irish, of the Mexican war as seen by the deserting soldiers of Scott's army, of the rise of industrialism as seen by the young women in the Lowell textile mills, of the Spanish-American war as seen by the Cubans, the conquest of the Philippines as seen by black soldiers on Luzon, the Gilded Age as seen by southern farmers, the First World War as seen by socialists, the Second World War as seen by pacifists, the New Deal as seen by blacks in Harlem, the postwar American empire as seen by peons in Latin America. And so on, to the limited extent that any one person, however he or she strains, can "see" history from the standpoint of others. — Howard Zinn

[The five cardinal virtues of the Chinese are (1) humanity or benevolence; (2) uprightness of mind; (3) self-respect, self- control, or "proper feeling;" (4) wisdom; (5) sincerity or good faith. — Sun Tzu

Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds. — John Perry Barlow

When history textbooks leave out the Arawaks, they offend Native Americans. When they omit the possibility of African and Phoenician precursors to Columbus, they offend African Americans. When they glamorize explorers such as de Soto just because they were white, our histories offend all people of color. When they leave out Las Casas, they omit an interesting idealist with whom we all might identify. When they glorify Columbus, our textbooks prod us toward identifying with the oppressor. When textbook authors omit the causes and process of European world domination, they offer us a history whose purpose must be to keep us unaware of the important questions. Perhaps worst of all, when textbooks paint simplistic portraits of a pious, heroic Columbus, they provide feel-good history that bores everyone. — James W. Loewen