Sherman Alexie Quotes
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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.
Saint Basil -
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.
Damian Marley -
Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.
Ramakrishna -
I don't take pleasure in anyone's demise, really.
Larry Wilmore -
Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.
Warren Buffett -
The basic right to quality and affordable health care is under assault by Donald Trump and Republicans in Washington.
J. B. Pritzker
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Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?
Candice Bergen -
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.
Oren Peli -
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.
Calvin Coolidge -
I love it and really, really enjoy weight training. I love free weights. I find it really rewarding.
Victoria Pendleton -
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.
Sally Phillips -
Mandatory minimum sentencing has disproportionately affected blacks, Hispanics and others who often don't have the financial means to fight back.
Rand Paul
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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.
D. A. Pennebaker -
At an age when most actresses are being phased out, I am being phased in - with a vengeance.
Candice Bergen -
We will explore the mysteries of science and harness the power of technology and innovation. We will realise the opportunities of the digital world. Our youth will learn more from - and with - each other.
Narendra Modi -
Working in Tokyo has convinced me that, contrary to what people think, it is actually one of the world's most beautiful cities.
Tadao Ando -
Whatever the potential pitfalls, banks are increasingly enthusiastic about venture capital, particularly in new companies with strong prospects in fields like health care and technology.
Alex Berenson -
Even before the earthquake in Haiti, only half the country's population had a source of safe drinking water.
Marcus Samuelsson
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My goal is to goad people into saying something that ruins their life.
Don Imus -
Art is a selective re-creation of reality according to an artist's individual value-judgments.
Ayn Rand -
Some people sleep all alone every night Instead of taking a lover to bed Some people find that it's easier to hate Than to wait anymore.
Billy Joel -
Too many MC's take that word 'emcee' lightly; They can't Move a Crowd, not even slightly.
Lawrence "Kris" Parker Boogie Down Productions -
Novel writing is far and away the most exhausting work I know.
C. S. Forester -
If I wasn't writing poems I'd be washing my hands all the time.
Sherman Alexie