Sherman Alexie Quotes
My father was always depressed. When he was home and sober, he was mostly in his room.
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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 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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The magic of creation has always fascinated me.
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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 don't have muscle tone. I'm just flab. I'm not a daredevil. I don't like pain, I don't like cold, I don't want to feel exhausted. But the sense of accomplishment is something I've never felt before, in a physical sense.
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My parents saw their job of parenting as their most important role in life, and I aim to aspire to that.
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Once I'd become a songwriter, it just stays with you. You always want to write more songs because it's such a great feeling.
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Fear is that thing that keeps you up there on that other plateau. Fear is that thing that just keeps you closed down, and quite frankly, alone.
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No matter how old we become, we can still call them 'Holy Mother' and 'Father' and put a child-like trust in them.
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God's existence cannot be deduced by reason alone.
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My father was always depressed. When he was home and sober, he was mostly in his room.
