quotes about Inuit
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According to Inuit culture in Greenland, a person possesses six or seven souls. The souls take the form of tiny people scattered throughout the body.
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An Inuit hunter asked the local missionary priest: If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell? No, said the priest, not if you did not know. Then why, asked the Inuit earnestly, did you tell me?
-- Annie DillardSource : Pilgrim at Tinker Creek ch. 7 (1974)
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A good salesman, as the old (and politically incorrect) saying goes, can sell a refrigerator to an Eskimo. It's a cliché, but there's some truth to it: Inuit who live above the Arctic Circle use insulated refrigerators to keep their food from freezing in subzero temperatures
-- Josh KaufmanSource : Josh Kaufman (2010). “The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business”, p.117, Penguin
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I've been very influenced by Inuit art especially some drawings and watercolors I've seen.
-- Marcel Dzama -
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The Winnipeg Art Gallery has a good collection of Inuit art, and most of what I've seen I've seen there or in the few books I have. I should spend more time researching.
-- Neil Farber -
I am told that there is a proverbial phrase among the Inuit: 'a long time ago, in the future.' Let the children see our history, and maybe it will help to shape the future.
-- Romeo LeBlancSource : Address to the Empire Club and the Royal Commonwealth Society, June 26, 1996.