Sherman Alexie Quotes
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How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair!
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There are many reasons I feel at home in the U.K., but if I were asked to pinpoint the moment I knew I'd arrived, it might well be when I realised the British shared my love of fritters.
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'Dr. Strangelove' was and is one of my favorite movies ever, and I just can't believe they actually blew up the world after that.
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He was just trying to tease me - I knew that later - but he said he'd have to leave because it wasn't fair to have anyone in the room who was going to make fun of what he had to say. He had a good sense of humor, really.
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I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.
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Here, class attendance is expected and students are required to take notes, which they are tested on. What is missing, it seems to me, is the use of knowledge, the practical training.
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In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75.
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Serial killers are everywhere! Well, perhaps not in our neighborhood, but on our television screens, at the movie theatres, and in rows and rows of books at our local Borders or Barnes and Noble Booksellers.
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I don't think anyone really is interested in reading about my emotional state. It's not even interesting to me.
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If some people try to make a prenup into a pre-negotiation of a divorce... Well, that's really sad. But I do think that it's important to understand what each person has coming into the relationship, and what each person expects from the relationship. They aren't always fun discussions to have, and they can be very eye-opening.
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When you fully understand the situation, it is worse than you think.
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I race in two or three classic races a year and I may carry on for 10 more years or I may stop tomorrow.
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A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind.
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I try to steer away from doing something that's just commercial instead of sticking to a good script.
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I don't believe in God. I do believe in Judaism. I believe in ethics, morals.
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I am a medium. In the same way, doctors are mediums to bring treatment.
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I don't mind being the center of attention as a character but in real life it's not for me.
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This book is pointing the way into it for people that see it as daunting or a mystery. Some people just do it, but others need help with the mindset, permission almost to listen to themselves. Understanding how things work is the key.
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India's sprawling subcontinent can never become a plus-size Singapore. But perhaps we can weave together an urban web that is the equivalent of a thousand Singapores.
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It was a good chance for me to write lyrics that I was going to sing, I’ve always written lyrics for other people to sing. I thought. I’m going to write an album here, but i’m not going to write stuff that other people are gonna sing, because that would be pointless.
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I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work.
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In Valdosta, Ga., during a mini-tour event, a player named James Black bet me $20 he could put five golf balls in his mouth and then close his mouth all the way. I tried it but could get only two in there.
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The world, even the smallest parts of it, is filled with things you don't know.
