Sherman Alexie Quotes
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My dad's one of the funniest men in the world. I grew up with him making me laugh so much I'd beg him to stop.
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History is a race between education and catastrophe.
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Work means independence. It allowed me to shape my life on so many levels.
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A culture produces ideas which are being explored, which of interest to that culture at that moment. And I think one of the things a writer can do is to take those ideas and go a bit further with them.
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'LazyTown' is on a mission to move the world to be a healthier place. When we get kids moving, we get their families moving. And when families move, we are one step closer to moving the world. Move the body, move the mind, every day.
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I'm the kind of person who'll have a few drinks and fall asleep at 11.
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I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan.
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I am a completely horizontal author. I can't think unless I'm lying down, either in bed or stretched on a couch and with a cigarette and coffee handy. I've got to be puffing and sipping.
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I will count to 10 before tweeting.
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I feel like I'm the luckiest actress in the world.
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A lot of the images I use are already out there in the public or in the news. I just steal them or photograph them or repaint them, so they've already been talked about, already been consumed.
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In Arab Islamic society, it is traditionally taboo to criticize the lifestyle or personal philosophy of any practicing Muslim.
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Among the rednecks of America, which there are many more than people seem to realize, it was terribly damaging. I got blamed for O.J.'s acquittal.
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We're both very very lazy, and having someone else do half the work is very convenient.
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Voice comes to you through a spell, a trance. The best voices are not you... they're a little away from you.
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Commercial success still hasn't come to an artist that isn't signed to a record label. There are very few artists that can succeed without the help of a record label. The role of the record label is still required, it's still necessary.
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When I'm a brunette, it's four times harder to hail a taxi. Then I go blonde again, and suddenly there are taxis everywhere.
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I am not afraid of taking risks. We have to take risks for peace.
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When climate change supercharges weather patterns, the disadvantaged often suffer first and most.
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The wise man seeks death all his life, and for this reason death is not terrifying to him.
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Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men.
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救救孩子……
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The song of the umrhubhe creates a world of dreams.
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All I owe the world is my art.
