Sherman Alexie Quotes

If you're good at it, and you love it, and it helps you navigate the river of the world, then it can't be wrong.

Sherman Alexie

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• When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased.

  

  Ma Jian
  • People
  • History
  • Moral

• Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.

  

  H. G. Wells
  • Time
  • Future
  • Funny

• Since I started playing at the Olympics in 2000, I have always wanted to do a dress based on Wonder Woman. It should be interesting to wear. And hopefully, it will get me a gold medal.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Interesting
  • Woman
  • Wonder

• If Bret went in there and stunk the place out, then they probably wouldn't have brought the little brother in. So just by being successful himself, it opened the door for me.

  

  Owen Hart
  • Brother
  • Door
  • Successful

• I'm encouraged because you pick up any food magazine and there's two or three recipes involving Indian spices.

  

  Aarti Sequeira
  • Up
  • You
  • Food

• We ended up realizing that's not an economical way to create creatures, putting people in green leotards and figuring it out later. You can maybe do that if you're making 'Avatar,' but we need to know what the creatures look like before we turn on the camera.

  

  D. B. Weiss
  • People
  • Up
  • Green

• Iris Murdoch did influence my early novels very much, and influence is never entirely good.

  

  A. N. Wilson
  • Good
  • Never
  • Influence

• Enjoy every sandwich.

  

  Warren Zevon
  • Enjoy
  • Every
  • Sandwich

• The problem we have in America is the systematic erosion of our religious values in an attempt by certain liberal groups to expunge our Christian heritage from the public square.

  

  Pat Robertson
  • America
  • Problem
  • Christian

• Politics exist in the boardroom, as well.

  

  Carly Fiorina
  • Politics
  • Exist
  • Well

• When I was a kid, I always had my hair in two plaits. But for dancing, I had to have it in a bun because I did ballet.

  

  Katarina Johnson-Thompson
  • Always
  • Hair
  • Kid

• A responsible choice is a choice that creates consequences that you are willing to assume responsibility for.

  

  Gary Zukav
  • You
  • Responsibility
  • Choice

• Horror movies are all about getting your attention; you always have to be on guard. People love to be on the edge - there's nothing like a surprise.

  

  P. J. Soles
  • People
  • Love
  • Attention

• A poem should be a part of one's sense of life.

  

  Wallace Stevens
  • Life

• The kind of job doesn't matter. The length of time on the job doesn't matter... If you work hard and do your best, you'll be recognized and move onward.

  

  Ben Carson
  • Time
  • Work
  • Job

• My life is like a music-hall,Where, in the impotence of rage,Chained by enchantment to my stall,I see myself upon the stageDance to amuse a music-hall.

  

  Arthur Symons
  • Life
  • Music

• I have been overcome by the beauty and richness of our life together, those early mornings setting out, those evenings gleaming with rivers and lakes below us, still holding the last light. … Those fields of daisies we landed on, and dusty fields and desert stretches. Memories of many skies and earths beneath us - many days, many nights of stars.

  

  Anne Morrow Lindbergh
  • Life
  • Together
  • Light

• I am very sure that my children thrive on structure and need boundaries. I know my children need to know what time they are going to bed or how many more minutes until they are leaving for school, and so I have imposed a structure that allows them to know where they are all day long, every day in life.

  

  Jessica Seinfeld
  • Life
  • Time
  • Long

• To be the first British athlete to win a gold is amazing, but to win it in the U.K. is something else. Also, having my family here with me has made it extra special, and I know all my friends back home have been cheering me on and putting posters in their windows. I want to thank them all.

  

  Jade Jones
  • Family
  • Home
  • Friends

• I have regarded Jesus of Nazareth as one amongst the mighty teachers that the world has had. . . . I shall say to the Hindus that your lives will be incomplete unless you reverently study the teachings of Jesus.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • World
  • Jesus
  • Study

• I'm obsessed with the moon and space travel, so if I could incorporate that, I'd love to go to space.

  

  Sam Heughan
  • Love
  • Space
  • Travel

• As for the healing, that comes from the writing, from living and writing. That's my catharsis. That's why I never regret sharing because it's part of my healing!

  

  Karrine Steffans
  • Writing
  • Why
  • Regret

• If you're good at it, and you love it, and it helps you navigate the river of the world, then it can't be wrong.

  

  Sherman Alexie
  • World
  • Helping
  • Rivers