“Would Crazy Horse have spent this much to remodel a kitchen?”
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Ian Frazier is an American writer and humorist. He wrote the 1989 non-fiction history *Great Plains*, 2010's non-fiction travelogue *Travels in Siberia*, and worked as a writer and humorist for The New Yorker. - Wikipedia
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“Would Crazy Horse have spent this much to remodel a kitchen?”
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“I don't want to collect Indian art, though pots and beadwork and blankets made by Indians remain the most beautiful art objects in the American West, in my opinion.”
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“Everything in Russia is made of cement - phone booths, fence posts and light bulbs.”
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“There's an idea of the Plains as the middle of nowhere, something to be contemptuous of. But it's really a heroic place.”
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“I think Indians dress better than anyone, but I don't want to imitate more than a detail or two; I prefer my clothes humdrum and inconspicuous, and a cowboy hat just doesn't work for me.”
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“A book tour is not a good opportunity to let your mind wander. You have to pay attention, remember salespeople's and interviewers' names, succinctly summarize your book in a 'selling' way, a...”
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“I am an author, and like many in my profession, I am also a traveling salesman, going all over in an attempt to persuade people to spend twenty-five dollars on a hardcover book by me.”
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“Once, America's size in the imagination was limitless. After Europeans settled and changed it, working from the coasts inland, its size in the imagination shrank.”
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“To me, a bag in a tree is like a flag of chaos, and when I remove it, I'm capturing the flag of the other side. In the end, it doesn't matter how ironic or serious or even effective on a lar...”
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“I don't want to participate in traditional Indian religious ceremonies - dance in a sun dance or pray in a sweat lodge or go on a vision quest with the help of a medicine man. The power of t...”
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“Human connection is the way things work. It's like a patronage system. You know somebody, and he knows somebody, and he knows somebody, and he knows the district governor, and it's okay.”
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“When I go to Indian reservations in the West, and especially to the Pine Ridge Reservation, I sometimes feel unsure where to put my foot when I open the car door. The very ground is differen...”
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“Siberia is a state of mind.”
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“You can find dozens of books about people taking the Trans-Siberian Railroad. I knew I had to do something different to cross Siberia. To drive and to talk with people along the way, that wa...”
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“I was friends with Russians who said I should see Russia. I went there in '93 and it was so exciting, and I went to Siberia and had a great time.”
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“I only saw one English-speaking person all the way across Siberia.”
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