Sherman Alexie Quotes
The problem for me with liberals is that we've abdicated our moral responsibility to the universe.
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Even complex passwords are getting easy to break if they're too short. That's because today's inexpensive computer chips have the power of supercomputers from the year 2000.
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I look for what needs to be done. After all, that's how the universe designs itself.
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The working environment in L.A. is really refreshing, really good. Because in Malaysia, it's a small country - you end up working with the same people that you like and that you know.
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I grew up watching Super J-Cup tournaments and things like that, and those were pretty cool.
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Fear is the major cargo that American writers must stow away when the writing life calls them into carefully chosen ranks.
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Discipline and united action are the real source of strength for the nation.
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Typically on a TV series, the writers on a show are writing for their life almost every episode. When someone sits down to write a Netflix show, they know there's going to be a 13th hour.
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If I wasn't in fashion, I would have been a psychiatrist.
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Nothing makes us love a person as much as praying for him.
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I don't want to play everyone's best friend. I don't want to play the role of a girl struggling in the ghetto. It's not that that story isn't important, but I saw patterns, and was like, 'I don't relate to these people.'
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You can't second-guess yourself as a filmmaker.
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I guess because people are more aware of who I am, they're going to wonder about my personal life.
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I come with bad genetics, personally.
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We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we've established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile.
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I'm aware of the decisions I make and the responsibility I have as a role model. I wouldn't disregard that. It's a privilege. That's not to say people don't make mistakes - we're all human. No one's perfect. I'm just going to be myself.
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One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
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Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.
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Competition got me off the farm and trained me to seek out challenges and to endure setbacks; and in combination with my faith, it sustains me now in my fight with Alzheimer's disease.
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The solution to low self-esteem is to get over yourself and get a higher purpose.
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The core of a soldier is moral discipline. It is intertwined with the discipline of physical and mental achievement. It motivates doing on your own what is right without prodding. It is an inner critic that refuses to tolerate less than your best. Total discipline overcomes adversity and physical stamina draws on an inner strength that says "drive on".
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Tell the Government, our people shall not starve.
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You and I who still enjoy fairy tales have less reason to wish actual childhood back. We have kept its pleasures and added some grown-up ones as well.
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How was Kosovo recognized? They forgot about the territorial integrity of a state, as well as UN Security Council Resolution 1244, which they had themselves adopted and supported. Why could it have been done there, but not in Abkhazia and South Ossetia? Why not?
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The problem for me with liberals is that we've abdicated our moral responsibility to the universe.
