Sherman Alexie Quotes
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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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Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise.
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Whatever the right hand findeth to do, the left hand carries a watch on its wrist to show how long it takes to do it.
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Every woman should shave her head once in her life, to experience what it feels like.
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I think that when we look at something that's well acted and a story that's well told, it allows us to be a mirror of who we are as human beings and as a culture, and offers a glimpse of where we're headed.
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I've got a nice car. I love my job. I've got a bagel store, and I have breakfast every morning with friends I grew up with. I've been in movies, I've written books - I don't know how that all happened.
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Barack Obama is more irritating than the other nuisances on the Left.
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Pairs skating and singles are two different things. Although some skaters have achieved this successfully, it is a very difficult transition. You're looking at double work.
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Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.
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In the 21st century, I think it's fair to say, homosexuality is more accepted in Britain and it's wonderful that my generation has been able to grow up with that.
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When you meet someone you love, whether or not they love you back, something occurs in you that makes you want to improve yourself.
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Anybody can reach anywhere from five to 15 million people weekly making a president look like an idiot, as I did back then, or Tina Fey did with Sarah Palin... You're always preaching to the choir one way or the other.
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There's something about being at the tournaments that you don't really get on TV, although golf is a great sport to watch on television.
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Civility costs nothing, and buys everything.
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As an athlete, you'd better laugh at yourself when you slip in the mud.
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It is time for the general fund to pay the Social Security fund back.
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I live in London and I love living in a gun free environment and long may it continue.
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They the Beatles came backstage after one of my lectures, and they said to me: 'Even from an early age we have been seeking a highly spiritual existence. We tried drugs and that didn't work.' They are such practical and intelligent young boys that it took them only two days to find that Transcendental Meditation is the answer.
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Religion: A lot of fanciful ideas inspired by wishful thinking. Science: A lot of logical ideas based on the best evidence available. Which should we have faith in?
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I would love to work with Matt Damon.
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The only way to escape the abyss is to look at it, gauge it, sound it out and descend into it.
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Spiritual matters should be private.
