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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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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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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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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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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In general, you don't want competitors to understand your business outside of telling people your revenue and profitability numbers.
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Although... the Chief Magistrate must almost of necessity be chosen by a party and stand pledged to its principles and measures, yet in his official action he should not be the President of a party only, but of the whole people of the United States.
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The Lotus is a couple of years newer than the Williams was, and as the pace of development in F1 cars is so quick, I expect it to be another completely different experience, but still one that I know I'm going to enjoy.
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Our country is in the middle of a profound crisis. This crisis has many causes, but much of it has been brought about by poor leadership decisions at every level of government. In addition, our electoral process is dominated by financial interests that are threatened by the very notion of reform.
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I'm not trying to prove anybody wrong, I'm just trying to prove something to myself.
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I took a break from acting for a little bit, came back, and didn't know how it was going to be, but I had so much fun. I really had, like, a reinvention, a renewal.
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When you resort to violence to prove a point, you’ve just experienced a profound failure of imagination.
