Sherman Alexie Quotes
When you resort to violence to prove a point, you’ve just experienced a profound failure of imagination.
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I am not saying we are categorizing Ellen White in the biblical context of a false prophet.
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The whole community of people with disabilities was alive, politically alive. I give Justin Dart credit for that. He traveled to every state in the country. He really made people with disabilities understand that they had some political power.
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I am sure that the Ukrainian nation deserves a better life. That is why I have voted for good changes and for stability.
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Being taken seriously, for a young writer, is a wonderful form of encouragement, but at the same time, I don't think one should ever feel like attempting a kind of artistic endeavor is beyond your scope just because of age or inexperience.
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The beautiful thing is that ageism just doesn't exist on 'EastEnders.' The show saved me.
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There's still is a status-quo group at City Hall who likes things done the old way, behind closed doors.
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Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players.
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American actresses have more problems than I do; I'm lucky to be able to play what I want for a smaller audience, because I have my own country to do that in.
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If danger arises in the present moment, there may be an emotion. There may even be pain. But that's a challenge, not a problem. For a problem to exist, you need time and repetitive mind activity.
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History develops, art stands still.
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Without the Fender bass, there'd be no rock n' roll or no Motown. The electric guitar had been waiting 'round since 1939 for a nice partner to come along. It became an electric rhythm section, and that changed everything.
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I write... for laymen and scientists, because the reader who is interested in any activity which needs thought and judgement is... a person to whom science can be made to speak, It is not he who is deaf, but the specialists who have been dumb-the specialists in the arts as well as in the sciences.
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Wer immer strebend sich bemüht,Den können wir erlösen.
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'Is that as bad as it sounds?' Floyd asked.'No,' Auger said. 'It’s worse. A lot worse.'
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Find someone within the company who is on another team but is at a similar level or role as you to be a friend, a sounding board, and a place to go for candid feedback. Find a mentor within the company who resembles the leader you'd like to grow to be.
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I had never really thought of myself as a baby person, but it's just a really profound connection.
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There are beautiful words in the Bible and in our pledges and the Declaration of Independence.
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I love my work. It's been good to me.
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Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.
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If I'm the president, I will call in all the different political opinions to come together and to make one front to the benefit of Mexico.
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Hollywood has to be a better reflection of the world we live in.
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anybody who drinks seriously is poor: so poor, poor, extra poor, me.
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When you resort to violence to prove a point, you’ve just experienced a profound failure of imagination.
