“Some tribes maintain blood quantum, such as once-quarter proven blood degree from their tribe. Even so-called purely ‘descendancy’ tribes such as the Five Tribes with no blood quantum requirement jealously guard some proven, documentary link by blood to distant ancestors. More than any single BIA requirement, however, this criterion has proven troublesome for southeastern groups because of its reliance on on-Indian records and the confused (and confusing) nature of surviving documents.”
Source: Claiming Tribal Identity: The Five Tribes and the Politics of Federal Acknowledgment
“...when like-minded people get together, they often end up thinking a more extreme version of what they thought before they started to talk to one another.”
Source: On Rumors: How Falsehoods Spread, Why We Believe Them, What Can Be Done
“The ignorance of a man is the seating throne of the devil to rule over him with authority”
Source: CHILDREN UNDER LIFE'S TORMENT: CULT: THE IGNORANCE OF A MAN IS THE SEATING THRONE OF THE DEVIL TO RULE OVER HIM WITH AUTHORITY
“River smiled sweetly at his tormentors and told them, "If you want to kick my ass, go ahead. Just explain to me why you're doing it."
After a confused pause, one of the skinheads said, "Ah, you wouldn't be worth it."
"We're all worth it, man," River said with a beatific smile. "We're all worth millions of planets and stars and galaxies and universes.”
Source: Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind
“When it was Hearts turn, she related a vision she had: that River hadn't wanted to be born, preferring to stay with God in heaven. God had convinced him to go, and they haggled over how long, settling on twenty-three years.”
Source: Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind
“Invest in success today—courage compounds, but delay multiplies the cost.”
“For River to discover himself in Rimbaud's life and Miller's prose was simultaneously self-aggrandizing and self-pitying. Tellingly, he was more interested in Miller's book than in Rimbaud's actual writing: he responded to Rimbaud not as a poet, but as a symbol.”
Source: Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind
“The film that has influenced me the most is probably Gus Van Sant's My Own Private Idaho, with whom I had the chance to work while in the US. Seeing that movie during a time of my life in which I was exploring my sexuality and looking at the work of River Phoenix made me dream about acting in a film.”
“But River had an impact that far exceeded the number of films he had the chance to make; he seemed like he had the chance to be the brightest light of his generatiom”
Source: Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind
“While Daniel disappeared into his room, probably to limn the contours of some exquisite constellation of philosophical nonsense for his internship applications and gasp in the throes of his overachieving OCDness.”
Source: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer