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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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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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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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 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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I definitely believe that you are drawn to certain things for inexplicable reasons, but in a very powerful way. I don't know what it is exactly, but I know that things happen kind of miraculously sometimes, and so I'm willing to believe that there's something pretty magical out there.
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We’ve arranged a society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science and technology. And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces. Who is running the science and technology in a democracy if the people don’t know anything about it?
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Within that awful volume liesThe mystery, of mysteries!
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She fitted into my biggest armchair as if it had been built round her by someone who knew they were wearing armchairs tight about the hips that season.
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We live by faith, and faith lives by exercise.
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'The world? The world is not interested in us. Today, everything is possible, even the crematoria...'
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I cannot disobey something which I do not know and the reality of which I have the right to deny.
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I like to start the day with yoga. It's the best way of moving into the day.
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I'd rather make a mistake than do nothing.
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The world, even the smallest parts of it, is filled with things you don't know.
