Sherman Alexie Quotes
I recognize now that the conditions that Indians are living in are the conditions that poor people everywhere are living in.
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It sounds kind of stupid, but I've never not wanted to be a musician. It's been inside me since I was little so I don't know what else I would do.
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So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education.
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My mornings go by so fast I forget breakfast. Lunch - that's turned out to be my biggest meal. I like tuna fish with low-fat mayonnaise and celery, egg whites and garlic. It's delish.
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If you have not been a villain at a certain point in time, you will never be a hero. And the day you are a hero, you may become a villain the next day.
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I just invent, then wait until man comes around to needing what I've invented.
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I tramped. When I was on the freight trains, I wasn't looking for work. I was looking to go from place to place without paying any money.
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As I grew up in that world and saw how much it affected her world and how much it affected our childhood, it made me very aware of politics. Of course, I have my own private feelings and thoughts, but I don't care to share them.
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What about Broadway? Yes, I'm involved with a new musical based on 'The Adams Family.'
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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We're so marriage-obsessed, we think that only married people are families.
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I sold Blockbuster because I saw what was coming: the satellite dish, technology that would make the business obsolete in a few years. Why would people go to a store for a video and then have to return it when they had a dish?
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I have me. I have God. I have my son. Everything else is extra.
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I'm a believer in home-made recipes and concoctions, so I stick to natural or herbal products as much as I can. I also meditate regularly to de-stress.
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We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.
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I'm obsessed with those old romance films. I also would love to venture into the silent film world. I think that's extremely compelling and interesting and really relies on the acting, even more so than when you have an actor speaking.
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Qualifying for the Olympics is probably harder than winning a medal at the Olympics.
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My husband is a brilliant cook - enthusiastic and good - but he has not mastered the clearing up as you go along.
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I lived through many battles - the 1973, I was young; in 1982 with the Israeli invasions, and 2006 between Hezbollah and Israel. Before I emigrated to the States in '83, I had my own very black and white views of the Israelis and the Jews in general. But you start to understand that no matter what you think, there are two perspectives.
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The Bible identifies 15 crimes against the family worthy of the death penalty. Abortion is treason against the family and deserves the death penalty. Adultery is treason to the family; adulterers should be put to death. Homosexuality is treason to the family, and it too, is worthy of death.
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People in Afghanistan want peace, including the Taliban. They're also people like we all are. They have families, they have relatives, they have children, they are suffering a tough time.
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I have a pretty positive view of environmental activism, but I didn't know much about the ELF. A lot of people make documentaries because they have something they want to say, but I make them because there's something I want to explore.
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I have to make this love affair believable enough. It's very European.
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C'est n'avoir pas perdu tout votre temps à Rome,Que vous savoir ainsi défendre en galant homme:Vous avez de l'esprit, si vous n'avez du cœur.
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I recognize now that the conditions that Indians are living in are the conditions that poor people everywhere are living in.
