Sherman Alexie Quotes
My father was always depressed. When he was home and sober, he was mostly in his room.
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A physician's physiology has much the same relation to his power of healing as a cleric's divinity has to his power of influencing conduct.
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There is a serious tendency toward capitalism among the well-to-do peasants.
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Work as though you would live forever, and live as though you would die today. Go another mile!
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I'd like to think a baseball picture is somewhere in my future.
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I continue to be very shy. I think a lot of actors and performers are really weird, shy people working it out onstage. I don't know why that is.
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I prefer to connect with fans from the stage. Like, I don't have a Twitter page, or anything like that. So for me, that's what the show is about. For me - is a way to interact with fans; being up onstage and showing them, through music - which is all I really know - the best way to say thank you.
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I don't think I've ever been chatted up, and I don't think I've ever chatted anyone up. The Fresh Prince has the best chat-up lines.
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On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.'
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I definitely want to work in Hindi films.
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Fortunately, I have money that's from my life's work. But it's money that I share and used greatly to fight poverty in my country.
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I think there's an abundance of talent in America and there will never be not a lot of talent out there.
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And Israel is not only our ally; it is a beacon of what democracy can and should mean… If the people of the Middle East are not sure what democracy means, let them look to Israel.
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Life insurance is a commodity.
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Every campaign, Garry Wills once wrote, 'taught Nixon the same lesson: mobilize resentment against those in power.' History taught the same to many conservative and reactionary populist movements, whose real attitude to those in power and authority was one of a servile, envious, vicarious adoration.
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If you are going to break a Law of Art, make the crime interesting.
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I got briefly mistaken for someone who might be good in bed, which was very, very good.
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I've always been that person who's struggled to find a swimsuit that I love.
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The stage calls my name.
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You feel free in Australia. There is great relief in the atmosphere - a relief from tension, from pressure, an absence of control of will or form. The Skies open above you and the areas open around you.
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I always wanted to be a father. I have a beautiful relationship with my dad and beautiful memories. I always knew I was going to have a family.
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Just about anyone can make a good product, but it's the people that count. In the end, it's the employees who will take it from a kitchen-table idea to the next level. There are a lot of important things in business, but the people portion comes first.
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People will say what they want to say, in the way they want to.
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My father was always depressed. When he was home and sober, he was mostly in his room.
