Sherman Alexie Quotes
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I don't like the blame game, though.
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I don't ever take anything for granted.
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I think the films we see, the Hollywood films, which are basically entertainment, will still be there, but they'll be in a totally different category. People won't take them seriously. They'll kind of end up the way comic books have. A side view of things.
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Music I can discover a part of myself that I haven't been able to for a long time, and acting is the opposite. I'm in love with both of them and I would never choose one over the other.
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The voters in District 8 shared our vision that Washington is broken, and we're going to go up there and fix it.
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No two wars are identical.
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If you're fortunate enough, you get to a position where you can be a little pickier about your roles.
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My heroes were all in the theatre.
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He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.
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Ever since I was a kid, whatever situation I was presented with, I always made the most of it.
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People who get Nobel prizes aren't necessarily the most imaginative of people. People who sometimes find a system, develop a system, do very useful work.
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Gewönlich wird eine Entdeckung nicht auf den einfachsten, sondern auf einem komplizierten Wege gemacht; die einfachen Fälle zeigen sich erst später.
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‘You’re one of those guys who can make a party just by leaving it. It’s a great gift.’
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I am not interested in illustrating my time. A man’s 'time' limits him; it does not truly liberate him. Our age – it is of science – of mechanism – of power and death. I see no point in adding to its mammoth arrogance the compliment of graphic homage.
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Japanese people cut their energy use by 25 percent immediately after Fukushima. They showed there was huge opportunity there. And instead, the government simply wants to get those plants up and running again.
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Every time I have some moment on a seashore, or in the mountains, or sometimes in a quiet forest, I think this is why the environment has to be preserved.
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I've been recognized a couple times. I get people staring at me, and I think in their heads they're thinking, 'How do I know her? Did I go to high school with her?' I think it's not registering yet.
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Women who make the choice to have grey hair - I think that's beautiful.
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A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.
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Every little thing that people know about you as a person impedes your ability to achieve that kind of terrific suspension of disbelief that happens when an audience goes with an actor and character he's playing.
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From the small clubs of the Harlem Renaissance where he began playing saxophone to world tours for the biggest of the big bands, Benny Carter redefined American jazz. From the start, his fellow musicians said the way he played the sax was amazing. They say that about me, too. (Laughter.) But I don't think they mean it in quite the same way.
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I'm not sure you can do anything quickly or easily with the North.
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We only know how to lose and be lost.
