Sherman Alexie Quotes
Certainly I'm angry at the way Indians have been treated and continue to be treated. But I don't think it's a helpless emotion.
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Trump's campaign slogan resonates strongly with a large population of Americans. 'Make America Great Again' portrays a nostalgia for what America once was, and a longing desire to return to that time. Millennials unfortunately don't know first-hand that time which Trump is talking about.
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Big Business can make laws as easily as it can break them - and with as little impunity.
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When I was living in New York, I had this slightly wannabe bohemian existence and took up painting, at which I'm appalling. I also bought several guitars.
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You can get stale writing with each other for a while.
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The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like.
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I remind everybody that the Sabbath was the Jewish gift to civilization.
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God makes everything in perfect time, and he doesn't give you anything you can't handle.
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I stop working at about 3 p.m. on Fridays.
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It's fun to branch out a bit. I feel like I've held a lot of tricks up my sleeve for a lot of years, and 'Ex-Girlfriends' is a good way to show another side of me.
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In order to have a meaningful impact, companies should value diversity and inclusion from Day One.
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I appreciate people who are authentic. Someone who just wants to be cool, I can tell when their intentions aren't right.
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In Koreatown, the issues that they deal with are very different than the people in unincorporated East Los Angeles, even though there are some similarities.
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Pigheaded covers a multitude of virtues - as well as sins.
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I certainly hope 'Dragon' can leave some legacy behind.
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While most of us are trying to be more frugal, the loss of a job, a divorce, or a medical emergency can quickly sink us deeply into debt.
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It got so ridiculous that I was like, there's no way this is going to last.
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I have to have a daily, vibrant relationship with Jesus in order to survive that process toward healing.
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My fame is due to broadcast television.
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Hatred is corrosive of a person's wisdom and conscience; the mentality of enmity can poison a nation's spirit, instigate brutal life and death struggles, destroy a society's tolerance and humanity, and block a nation's progress to freedom and democracy.
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No, I can't do rap music...
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I wanted to be a mechanic. When I was 14 I wanted to quit school and go work on my car. But my dad said Son, you shouldn't do that. You should stay in school until your education is finished, and when you're done, don't make your hobby your job.
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Life is going to be a constant peeling back of layers, a constant unlearning of what we've been taught or believe to be true. I think that I've come to terms with the fact that that's just going to happen for the whole duration of my life. I feel really good about being able to look myself in the face and say, "Oh, who are you now?" And that might change.
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Certainly I'm angry at the way Indians have been treated and continue to be treated. But I don't think it's a helpless emotion.
