Kavalerija Quotes & Sayings

The sad truth is that, within the public sphere, within the collective consciousness of the general populace, most of the history of Indians in North America has been forgotten, and what we are left with is a series of historical artifacts and, more importantly, a series of entertainments. As a series of artifacts, Native history is somewhat akin to a fossil hunt in which we find a skull in Almo, Idaho, a thigh bone on the Montana plains, a tooth near the site of Powhatan's village in Virginia, and then, assuming that all the parts are from the same animal, we guess at the size and shape of the beast. As a series of entertainments, Native history is an imaginative cobbling together of fears and loathings, romances and reverences, facts and fantasies into a cycle of creative performances, in Technicolor and 3-D, with accompanying soft drinks, candy, and popcorn.
In the end, who really needs the whole of Native history when we can watch the movie? — Thomas King

That I was sleeping at a time when my husband was dying is so horrible a thought, I can't confront it. — Joyce Carol Oates

That day, they jumped into the river together. It was hot and nobody needed any clothes. — C. JoyBell C.

The most exciting holidays are the ones where not everybody is going to make it. — Tim Dorsey

Personal responsibility is not only undervalued but actually discouraged by the standard classroom model, with its enforced passivity and rigid boundaries of curriculum and time. Denied the opportunity to make even the most basic decisions about how and what they will learn, students stop short of full commitment. — Salman Khan

In the World War, we used propaganda to make the boys accept conscription. They were made to feel ashamed if they didn't join the army. — Smedley D. Butler

The art of government is the organization of idolatry. The bureaucracy consists of functionaries; the aristocracy, of idols; the democracy, of idolaters. The populace cannot understand the bureaucracy: it can only worship the national idols. — George Bernard Shaw

I need to master the art of talking to her before I can even contemplate anything else. — Siobhan Davis

I once went out with this girl, she was no bargain either, she showed up with pigtails under her arms. — Rodney Dangerfield

And as her voice carried in the darkness, he wasn't sure where the borders between her story and his dream were. But he saw no more nightmares; he dreamed of a noble Sky Ghost and his little daughter, which he taught everything she needed to become a better warrior than he was. — Alexandra Engellmann