Sherman Alexie Quotes
Last September 16th, I was walking in downtown Seattle when this pick-up truck pulls up in front of me. Guy leans out the window and yells, "Go back to your own country," and I was laughing so hard because it wasn't so much a hate crime as a crime of irony.
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Love me or hate me, both are in my favour. If you love me, I will always be in your heart, and if you hate me, I will be in your mind.
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I'm just glad my gold medal's at home, because I'd hate to try to win another.
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I really hate bureaucracy and the idea that I'm not a free person.
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I hate wasting people's time.
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I had to work up the courage to even imagine myself running for Congress. But I eventually decided that our country had a moral problem in only letting white men - even the right-minded ones - have a seat at the table.
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I. Hate. Excuses. Excuses are a disease.
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I have a great pack of female friends, but I also have a lot of guy friends. I believe that platonic relationship is entirely possible.
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We owe a lot when it comes to women in terms of innovation, in terms of education, in terms of progression in life.
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You need to react. That's the absurdity of Twitter. You can react without thinking now.
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Sometimes, fear is good. Sometimes it's a good thing to have a little bit of a reality check.
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Adversity does not make us frail; it only shows us how frail we are.
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Last September 16th, I was walking in downtown Seattle when this pick-up truck pulls up in front of me. Guy leans out the window and yells, "Go back to your own country," and I was laughing so hard because it wasn't so much a hate crime as a crime of irony.
