Drew Hayden Taylor quotes
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“I’ve spent too many years explaining who and what I am repeatedly, so as of this moment I officially secede from both races. I plan to start my own separate nation. Because I am half Ojibway and half Caucasian, we will be called the Occasions. And of course, since I’m founding the new nation, I will be a Special Occasion.”
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“To me, strange is just another way of saying unusual. And unusual is just another way of saying special”
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“You must remember, all stories start somewhere.”
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“I’ve spent too many years explaining who and what I am repeatedly, so as of this moment I officially secede from both races. I plan to start my own separate nation. Because I am half Ojibway and half Caucasian, we will be called the Occasions. And of course, since I’m founding the new nation, I will be a Special Occasion.”
-- Drew Hayden TaylorSource : Drew Hayden Taylor (1998). “Funny, You Don't Look Like One: Observations of a Blue-eyed Ojibway”, Penticton, B.C. : Theytus Books, l998.
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“I grew up in a village of about 800 people surrounded by lakes and woods, and I think it's made a definite impact on me.”
-- Drew Hayden TaylorSource : Source: www.yabookshelf.com
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“On matters of race, on matters of decency, baseball should lead the way.”
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“Thus would I double my life's fading space;For he that runs it well, runs twice his race.”
Source : Abraham Cowley, T. Sprat (1721). “Poems and other pieces published by the late Lord Bishop of Rochester; with some account of his life and writings”, p.719
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Source : A. J. Jacobs (2012). “Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection”, p.27, Simon and Schuster
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Source : "Uncommon Law". Book by A. P. Herbert, 1935.
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