Sherman Alexie Quotes
My wife was the first romantic partner who understood both American and native parts of me - not so much the positive stuff, but the damage.
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Some borrowers are pretty damn good at fraud.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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Everyone thinks their family is the craziest family in the world. Like, 'My God, my family's crazy!'
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We have to think about the future and what it is we want to accomplish from this party.
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I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife.
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I feel like I've exhausted guys and male friendships.
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There are many guys out there who look like me - you know, brunettes with long hair. There are thousands. But I think the difference is that I am a real polo player, who does endorsements for Ralph Lauren on the side, and I've always looked at it that way.
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My father moved out to Park City in in the mid-'70s and lived in a Winnebago behind a hippie joint called Utah Coal & Lumber that was one of only two or three restaurants at that time. Park City was a sleepy little mining town, with not a condo in sight.
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I'm just willing to try different things. But you gotta keep it all making sense.
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I hate negative ads in general.
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I've been around the bend in corporations.
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Each year I host a leadership summit in my district, and my biggest advice to young people is get experience. Get your foot in the door.
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Isn't that the great thing about Christmas? You get a lot of respite, time to recharge your batteries, time with family without too much else happening anywhere else in the world, time to focus on the people you love and the activities that you enjoy, time to exercise, to read.
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When I was really young, my babysitters had horses, and I started riding them.
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The idea of us telling a story where a character doesn't get everything he wants at the end is one of the relatable things - dealing with failures and missteps in life - and it's something that's so rarely dealt with in movies, especially kids' movies.
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The real force of Silicon Valley is the mentality, the spirit. There's no reason at all that can't be replicated in Paris.
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I directed a movie and now, I'm going to do the editing.
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Leftism should be about the people. That's how it began.
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The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity.
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When I met my wife Vicky's family, I had to go out of my way to convince them, to show them, that I wasn't anything like their idea of a musician.
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As a songwriter it's kind of hard to listen to your own stuff with clarity.
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I can't imagine anybody in my life I've been more vulnerable with than my wife.
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I wrote about wasting time, which I suppose is a part of the great human journey. We're supposed to wallow, to go through the desert without water for a long time so that when we finally drink it, we'll truly need it and we won't spill a drop. It's about being present.
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My wife was the first romantic partner who understood both American and native parts of me - not so much the positive stuff, but the damage.
