Sherman Alexie Quotes
I got hundreds of emails insulting me, accusing me of being some caveman. I am by no means a Luddite. I have two iPods. I have a cell phone. I have cable TV, HDTV!
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Sauce is certainly ancestral to French cooking. The technique is very tricky, but it's also very fundamental.
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My wife is Danish and we go to Denmark a couple of times a year.
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Accept complete responsibility both for understanding and for being understood.
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It's a sort of patronizing idea that literature for children has to feature role models of exemplary behavior. I think not only is that bogus, but it leads to really boring books.
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Decide today to design and build the ideal relationship in your life. It's up to you.
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Where there is no love there is no understanding.
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I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.
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To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect
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It is very vulgar to talk like a dentist when one isn't a dentist. It produces false impression.
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The more I fly, the more I'm convinced that the true wonder of modern aviation is the transformation of tasteless particles into something known as airplane food.
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There's a sense that there is a culture of cronyism and corruption and incompetence
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What interests us about the past is at least partly a function of what bothers us or makes us curious in the present.
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I had a traditional interview based on a phone call from an agent. He says there's a show and they would like to see you and its called Dallas. With very little knowledge I go over to this meeting at Warner Brothers.
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Before I paint someone, I always ask, 'How much examination can your body take?' 'How much do you want me to see?'
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If I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own back yard. Because if it isn't there, I never really lost it to begin with!
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The World Cup was a huge frustration because I had prepared really hard for it. But in the World Cup there is no formula, no recipe for success.
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All souls in hell are there because they did not pray. All the saints sanctified themselves by prayer.
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I got hundreds of emails insulting me, accusing me of being some caveman. I am by no means a Luddite. I have two iPods. I have a cell phone. I have cable TV, HDTV!
