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This separation is according to our custom equivalent to what the white people call divorce, and so she married again soon after she got to Mescalero.",6,false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":23,"quote_text":24,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":25,"source":26,"quote_tag":27,"commentary":9},3050431,"During my many wars with the Mexicans I received eight wounds, as follows: shot in the right leg above the knee, and still carry the bullet; shot through the left forearm; wounded in the right leg below the knee with a saber; wounded on top of the head with the butt of a musket; shot just below the outer corner of the left eye; shot in left side; shot in the back. I have killed many Mexicans; I do not know how many, for frequently I did not count them. Some of them were not worth counting.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":29,"quote_text":30,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":31,"source":32,"quote_tag":33,"commentary":9},3050418,"Since my life as a prisoner has begun I have heard the teachings of the white man’s religion, and in many respects believe it to be better than the religion of my fathers.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":35,"quote_text":36,"author_id":5,"source_id":37,"has_image":18,"author":38,"source":39,"quote_tag":40,"commentary":9},1516179,"The market has no support. Investors are still waiting for economic measures and new developments in the process of constitutional reform,",4,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[41],{"id":42,"tag":43},4511062,{"id":44,"tag_name":45},16293,"economic",{"id":47,"quote_text":48,"author_id":5,"source_id":37,"has_image":18,"author":49,"source":50,"quote_tag":51,"commentary":9},1516175,"The EDC announcement and the reduction in rates, added to uncertainty surrounding the focus of the new constitution, hit prices,",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[52],{"id":53,"tag":54},4511055,{"id":55,"tag_name":56},290447,"added",{"id":58,"quote_text":59,"author_id":5,"source_id":37,"has_image":18,"author":60,"source":61,"quote_tag":62,"commentary":9},1516166,"I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[63],{"id":64,"tag":65},4511046,{"id":66,"tag_name":67},326,"men",{"id":69,"quote_text":70,"author_id":5,"source_id":37,"has_image":18,"author":71,"source":72,"quote_tag":73,"commentary":79},1516161,"Wisdom and peace come when you start living the life the creator intended for you.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[74],{"id":75,"tag":76},4511040,{"id":77,"tag_name":78},7583,"live-life","**The Backstory**\n\nThis quote is reminiscent of Geronimo's Apache culture, which emphasizes living in harmony with nature and adhering to a strict moral code. As a leader among his people, Geronimo would have been deeply concerned with maintaining balance within himself and his community. The era was marked by significant upheaval as the Apache tribes struggled to maintain their way of life against encroaching European-American settlement.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\n\nThe statement \"Wisdom and peace come when you start living the life the creator intended for you\" reveals a tension between free will and determinism. On one hand, Geronimo's words suggest that we should align ourselves with an external, divine plan. However, this idea conflicts with the notion of personal agency, which posits that our choices and actions shape our lives.\n\n**How to Use This**\n\nTo apply this mindset in a modern context, individuals can benefit from a process of self-inquiry, asking themselves: \"What aspects of my life are divergent from what I perceive as my 'true purpose' or the 'life intended for me'?\" By identifying these discrepancies and making intentional adjustments, one can cultivate a sense of direction and harmony.",{"id":81,"quote_text":82,"author_id":5,"source_id":37,"has_image":18,"author":83,"source":84,"quote_tag":85,"commentary":9},1516153,"It is my land, my home, my father's land, to which I now ask to be allowed to return. I want to spend my last days there, and be buried among those mountains. If this could be I might die in peace, feeling that my people, placed in their native homes, would increase in numbers, rather than diminish as at present, and that our name would not become extinct.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[86],{"id":87,"tag":88},4511033,{"id":89,"tag_name":90},429,"father",{"id":92,"quote_text":93,"author_id":5,"source_id":37,"has_image":18,"author":94,"source":95,"quote_tag":96,"commentary":9},1516146,"I am not ashamed to be a Christian, and I am glad to know that the President of the United States is a Christian, for without the help of the Almighty I do not think he could rightly judge in ruling so many people. 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