Quote by Chief Joseph
I pressed my fathers hand and told him I would protect his grave w

I pressed my fathers hand and told him I would protect his grave with my life. My father smiled and passed away to the spirit land. – Chief Joseph

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I said in my heart that, rather than have war, I would give up my country. – Chief Joseph

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Hear me, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever. – Chief Joseph

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sad
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I saw clearly that war was upon us when I learned that my young men had been secretly buying ammunition. – Chief Joseph

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My dad, of course, like a lot of Asian parents, wanted me to be an engineer or doctor and never could understand why I would want to be a lawyer. And then, when I first said I wanted to run for office, he thought that was absolutely insane. – Gary Locke

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I found myself very lost after The Partridge Family, and I lost my dad and I lost my manager, and I lived in a bubble, and it took me 15 years to get through that and a lot of psychotherapy, and Im laughing about it now! – David Cassidy

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Ive got high standards when it comes to boys. As my dad says, all girls should! Im from the South – Tennessee, to be exact – and down there, were all about southern hospitality. I know that if I like a guy, he better be nice, and above all, my dad has to approve of him! – Miley Cyrus

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I know Im 25 now, but theres still that little lad inside me who likes his dad there to see him. – Jamie Redknapp

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At Home in the World is the story of a young woman, raised in some difficult circumstances, and how she survives. It tells a story of redemption, not victimhood. – Joyce Maynard

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You can swim all day in the Sea of Knowledge and still come out completely dry. Most people do. – Norman Juster

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Nature is sanative, refining, elevating. How cunningly she hides every wrinkle of her inconceivable antiquity under roses, and violets, and morning dew! Every inch of the mountains is scarred by unimaginable convulsions, yet the new day is purple with the bloom of youth and love. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Progress of Culture”

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