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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It would be nice if the poor were to get even half of the money that is spent in studying them.
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I really consider myself a writer, and a writer who is sometimes a social critic. I'm not an ideologue, I don't join a party. I follow along and take notes. Sometimes I throw in my two cents.
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No one said love was easy, Sentinel. -Ethan.
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I don't really say much about reviewers. It's a very tough job to get all of the depth of a movie all at once.
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Spiritual matters should be private.
