Sherman Alexie Quotes
He made me realize that hard work--that the act of finishing, of completing, of accomplishing a task--is joyous
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There is something joyous about not talking.
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I am constantly distracted by my own brain when I've completed a paragraph, realized I don't know what comes next, and start opening a browser tab without even realizing it.
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My goal in the beginning was to buy my mother a house. Now I realize, Okay, if I really focus and become a key player in business, then I can build an empire.
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Jewel of life, guiding light, heralding a joyous new dawn.
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We foolish mortals sometimes live through years not realizing how short life is, and that TODAY is your life.
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My father was like the Old Testament. I am the New Testament. I am part of a new generation. In time, people will realize this.
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It's just cool to be involved in something that's that big and joyous and meant to make people feel happy.
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Listen to your child enough and you will come to realize that he or she is quite an extraordinary individual. And the more extraordinary you realize your child to be the more you will be willing to listen. And the more you will learn.
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I'll carry the torch until it needs to be passed. Hopefully, God willing, I plan on finishing my career here, if it be this year or maybe next year.
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Everything in business is to get you face to face with people to respond to your offer. You have to realize the Internet is merely a door opening, and it has to be followed up by aggressive sales activity by the business owner.
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The great breakthrough in your life comes when you realize that you can learn anything you need to learn to accomplish any goal that you set for yourself. This means there are no limits on what you can be, have or do.
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In the railroads, some people read clearly printed departure signs and then proceed to ask several times what they say. On airplanes, they demand things they know they cannot have. In their cars, they load up, drive away and then suddenly realize they don't know where they're going.
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That's why I called it Dangerously In Love. It's basically all of the steps in a relationship from when you first meet a guy to realizing you're interested to dancing with him the first night to thinking that you're in love to realizing that you're now a little open to making love to breaking up to having to love yourself after the breakup. All of that. A celebration of love.
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Ignoring the expectations is what leads you realize the true potential
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Deadlines are things that we pass through on the way to finishing.
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Children are the bearers of life in its simplest and most joyous form. Children are color-blind and still free of all the complications, greed, and hatred that will slowly be instilled in them through life.
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It's a hard thing to explain, but the more I arrange for strings, the more I realize the possibilities.
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Contentment is realizing that God has already provided everything we need for our present happiness.
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From looking at your neighbor and realizing his true significance, and that he will die, pity and compassion will arise in you for him and finally you will love him.
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When I was three, my dad thought it would be hilarious to teach me swear words, then have me say them to his friends. They would laugh and laugh. I realize now the laugh was pure shock value, but it felt really good, and I've been chasing it ever since.
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The fact that 'Scrubs' is so popular in Israel is very important to me. I feel like I'm helping to cancel out the thousands of years of oppression the Jewish people have suffered.
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Writing is not, alas, like riding a bicycle: it does not get easier with practice.
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He made me realize that hard work--that the act of finishing, of completing, of accomplishing a task--is joyous
