Quotes about "Indigenous Wisdom"

It's the nature of basketball sometimes: every player and coach are going to have run-ins. ”

When you get to college, they're never teaching you how to start a credit line or get a loan on a car, things of that nature. ”

The consequences of a lack of new knowledge is decades of stagnation: the next generation will be poorer than this one. ”

Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well. ”

My family life and my ideals, my commitment to the community and to other people - all people - has been improved. I think less about myself and more about my community today. ”

And I thought that was the best way for me to participate, because standing in the crowd and listening is a fantastic education, but it's not my nature. I need to be involved. So I did that instead. ”

As a single mother of four, my mother taught me that you always want to show up strong for the moments that really matter with family, friends, and community. I now recognize how her strength helped shape the person I am today and the mother that I have become. ”

My dad grew up really poor in Mississippi. I paid attention to that because I thought that's a healthier thing to pay attention to than, like, some statue of a great-great-great grandfather who has no connection to my life. ”

I think the notion of traditional anchor is fading away - the all-knowing, all-seeing person who speaks from on high. I don't think the audience really buys that anymore. As a viewer, I know I don't buy it. ”

I was pretty sure I lacked the wisdom to be the commencement speaker, but after stewing over the idea for about 48 hours, I decided that if the senior class at the University of Wisconsin wants me to come speak, I'll do whatever they ask me. I love that school. ”