Individually and collectively, Cherokee people possess an extraordinary ability to face down adversity and continue moving forward.
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I think the most important issue we have as a people is what we started, and that is to begin to trust our own thinking again and believe in ourselves enough to think that we can articulate our own vision of the future and then work to make sure that that vision becomes a reality.
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America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking.
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One of the things my parents taught me, and I'll always be grateful as a gift, is to not ever let anybody else define me that for me to define myself . . . and I think that helped me a lot in assuming a leadership position.
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