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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It is human nature to hate the man whom you have hurt.
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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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The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers.
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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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If I could give my teenaged self any advice, it would be 'Calm down!'
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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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To whom it may concern: It is springtime. It is late afternoon.
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I think it's just that the private lives of our public leaders are so much more exposed today that if you're sensitive to protecting your family, it's much harder to not get defensive when somebody asks you those really rude questions about what your wife and your children are thinking and feeling at that exact moment.
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I believe I'm a better authority than anybody else in America on my own wife. I have never known a person with a stronger sense of right and wrong in my life ever.
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People are not afraid to be activists, to be vocal. And I think back to my years in college, and that wasn't the case.
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We can't begin to feed ourselves with a local-centric system if we lock up land in royal manor models.
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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.
