Sherman Alexie Quotes
But we danced, under wigs and between unfinished walls, through broken promises and around empty cupboards.
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A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much.
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My issue with campaign finance is 100 percent disclosure. Wear a suit with patches from your big contributors. Depending on the size of the contribution, that's how big the patch should be.
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My buildings are not particularly expensive. It is not a tin shed. If you want a tinny car, you pay for that.
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I'd realize it's not worth our time to worry. You do your best, and God will put the right people in your path.
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To love is to believe, to hope, to know; Tis an essay, a taste of Heaven below!
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Being a part of success is more important than being personally indispensable.
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It wouldn't bother me at all not to play on my own album.
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In our view, successful reform is not an event. It is a sustainable process that will build on its own successes - a virtuous cycle of change.
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There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees.
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You either create something and you keep it a secret and you die with it, or you can benefit the craft.
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Four hundred is a lot. When I was young, I remember Kapil Dev getting it, and it was quite a big thing. An Indian had taken it. I feel honoured and proud that God has given me a chance to reach 400 wickets. It's a big thing for me; I don't know about others.
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The nation will be shaped for decades by decisions that are made by President Bush and the Senate about the future of the Supreme Court.
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I was raised in Hollywood by my mother.
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I want every kid to go to college and be like a normal student. I want them to be able to go to a movie, go to a concert. I want them to be able to have that opportunity. But if you're paying kids, are you going to pay a lineman less than you're paying a quarterback? I don't know how to explain that stuff.
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It is a mistake to suppose that the whole issue is how to free man. The issue is to improve the way in which he is controlled.
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Dogma and hierarchy are endemic to such structures...indeed, such are the structures of any theocracy.
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If there's one word that sums up everything that's gone wrong since the war, it's Workshop. After Youth, that is. (pg. 140)
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'I am the table!'
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I wish I'd made 'Warrior,' and I wish I'd made 'Drive.'
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My husband acts and I have such respect for those that do it well, that I wouldn't even try to pretend I can act.
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I promise you a police car on every sidewalk.
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There have been plenty of times when I've been a total dick like everybody else, you know, I mean I wanted to be a little rock'n'roller, and I was, and it was great. I had a to-do list of like 'Thou shalt wear sunglasses indoors at all times.' Done. 'Thou shalt take drugs and have a great time.' Done. 'Thou shalt crash a big car into a wall.' Done.
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Even as a kid, I never liked breakfast. I just don't like to eat then. I like to get up and work. I think sticking a whole bunch of carbohydrates in your stomach in the morning is probably the worst way to begin the day.
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But we danced, under wigs and between unfinished walls, through broken promises and around empty cupboards.
