Northern Exposure (TV Series)
Rosebud (1993)
Graham Greene: Leonard Quinhagak
Quotes
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Leonard Quinhagak : I have clients in the white community. Our people are starting to assimilate.
Leonard Quinhagak : The more I know about white culture its mythology, its medicine, so on the more I can expand my practice.
Leonard Quinhagak : I thought I'd start with the stories
Holling Vincoeur : What stories?
Leonard Quinhagak : You know, the healing stories.
Holling Vincoeur : I'm afraid I'm not with you, Leonard.
Leonard Quinhagak : Well, traditionally, healers such as myself found that storytelling has great curative powers.
Leonard Quinhagak : People are fortified by parables, legends, you might call them.
Leonard Quinhagak : In our culture, the theme is frequently some act of faith or perseverance.
Leonard Quinhagak : I'm looking for parallel stories in the white culture.
Leonard Quinhagak : Expressions of their collective unconscious.
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Leonard Quinhagak : Declaration of principles scene
Ed Chigliak : Hi, Leonard. Yeah.
Leonard Quinhagak : How's your stomach?
Ed Chigliak : It's okay. Better.
Leonard Quinhagak : You've seen this a number of times?
Ed Chigliak : Oh, yeah. Sure.
Leonard Quinhagak : Yet you want to see it again. Why?
Ed Chigliak : Well, just look at it. It's a great story.
Leonard Quinhagak : Maybe this is it.
Ed Chigliak : What?
Leonard Quinhagak : White medicine.
Leonard Quinhagak : Movies
Leonard Quinhagak : They say it's magic.
Leonard Quinhagak : It seems to have cured you.
Ed Chigliak : Well, my stomach feels better.
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Ed Chigliak : But before long, the movie will be over, and I still won't know what to do with my life.
Ed Chigliak : I'm really confused, Leonard.
Leonard Quinhagak : The path to our destination is not always a straight one, Ed.
Leonard Quinhagak : We go down the wrong road. We get lost. We turn back.
Leonard Quinhagak : Maybe it doesn't matter which road we embark on.
Leonard Quinhagak : Maybe what matters is that we embark.
