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"In a lot of Indian societies, spirituality has been lost, I think it's still the best way of looking at the world for Indians - better than any organized religion in this country."
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"Look to the Lord and the power of His grace."
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"I have read the bible, seen its errors and perfections, but the bits of lie contained therein has contaminated the truth."
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"Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent."
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"Freedom of religion is not enough; we need the extinction of it, because no one has turned to be a religious by their own choice."
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"One of the reasons God did not make a lover for Himself when He made one for Adam is because He knew that fewer people would take Him seriously once He had an ex."
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"A man is accepted into a church for what he believes and he is turned out for what he knows."
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"All ministries, therefore, must be subjected to this test-if they do not glorify Christ, they are not of the Holy Spirit."
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"Religion comes not where reign fundamentalism and authoritarianism."
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"Soul winning for Christ Jesus is a great business everyone must endeavor to start and keep it diligently."
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"Lord I thank you for the gift of breath, eyes to see, ears to hear, tongue to taste, nose to smell, mouth to speak, face to smile, voice to sing, body to dance, legs to walk, mind to think and hands to write."
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"The townspeople outside the reservations had a very superior attitude toward Indians, which was kind of funny, because they weren't very wealthy; they were on the fringes of society themselves."
Society
"The title of the poems was The Only Bar in Dixon. We sent it out to The New Yorker on a fluke, and they took them and printed all three in the same issue."
Poems
"In a lot of Indian societies, spirituality has been lost, I think it's still the best way of looking at the world for Indians - better than any organized religion in this country."
Religion
"I wander around, get the lay of the land and try to imagine what kind of people would have lived there in that historical period. What would they eat? What kind of clothing would they wear? How did they shelter themselves? How did they get around?"
People
"I wrote a lot in study hall to while away the hours."
Study
"My poems were just kind of all over the place. They had no focus, no location, nothing. Kind of a series of images that could have been set anywhere. A lot of the poems were just exercises for myself."
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"The economic piece is still missing, since it's so hard to attract industry to reservations, but spiritually and educationally, they're doing just fine. Each tribe has a community college now, and they teach the language, they teach the traditions."
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"Our literature is in great shape."
Literature
"Before, Indian people had been so defeated, they were always looking for outsiders, for the government, to somehow come in and fix things. But now, they seem to realize that they're the only ones who can save themselves."
Government
"I think ethnic and regional labels are insulting to writers and really put restrictions on them. People don't think your work is quite as universal."
Work
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