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 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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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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If people just want to be famous, that's just not enough to get you up at 4 in the morning to go to work. You have to love what you're doing.
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He resolved not to speak again until he had controlled his temper.
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I wrote the books I should have liked to read. That's always been my reason for writing. People won't write the books I want, so I have to do it for myself.
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The more you drive positive change, the more enhanced your business model.
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Instead of gutting consumer protection, we should be expanding it.
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Whenever people say, 'You should be president,' I say, 'I thought you liked me.' Listen, I thought being mayor of Stamford was a wonderful job. Being governor of a state for a period of time is a wonderful job, and I'm not sure I'm at all attracted to Washington.
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What volunteers bring is the human touch, the individual, caring approach that no government program, however well-meaning and well- executed, can deliver.
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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.
