Sherman Alexie Quotes
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Writers should provoke disagreement.
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In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external objects, does not use the sense of sight upon itself, but even our mind, which contemplates intently another's sin, is slow in the recognition of its own defects.
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I grew up in uptown Jamaica; I went to a rich school. I was raised by my mother and my stepfather; they made sure education came before anything. I had a good childhood, grew up spending time with my bigger brothers and sisters. My people are good people. I was exposed to a lot of different kinds of people and culture.
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Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.
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I don't take pleasure in anyone's demise, really.
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Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them.
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Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.
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The basic right to quality and affordable health care is under assault by Donald Trump and Republicans in Washington.
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Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?
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There's always room to volunteer. I think that's a huge space to be involved with.
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The thing I find really scary about ghosts and demons is that you don't really know what they are or where they are. They're not very well understood. You don't know what they want from you. So it's the kind of thing you don't even know how to defend yourself against. Anything that's unknown and mysterious is very scary.
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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
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I love it and really, really enjoy weight training. I love free weights. I find it really rewarding.
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They hate whom they fear.
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I once had a friend who did the hair for sci-fi movies, and after a particularly bad break-up I stupidly went to her salon and told her she could do anything she liked. She dyed the bottom cherry red and the top peroxide blonde.
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Mandatory minimum sentencing has disproportionately affected blacks, Hispanics and others who often don't have the financial means to fight back.
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When the fearsome foursome of rock music, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Little Richard, and Jerry Lee Lewis, decided to show up in Toronto for a rock and roll festival, I knew we had to go there to try to get them all on film.
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I'll go for broke. Swim faster. It's not going to be easy - this whole thing was never going to be easy.
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The traditional teaching of the church has proven to be the only failsafe way to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS.
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When you're supposed to be close and friends in the film, the moment you're talking as friends off the set, it makes it that much better when you're filming.
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It is setting goals and trying to be a business person, but at the same time not losing sight of who you are writing songs for and what your goals are as a songwriter. So believe me, if you think I've got it down I don't it is a constant struggle.
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There was a day when I liked writing letters -- it has gone. Unfortunately the passion for getting them remains.
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If I wasn't writing poems I'd be washing my hands all the time.
