Sherman Alexie Quotes
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If I'm confirmed, I'll be myself.
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I'm always really curious about, you know, 'How do you deal with success psychologically?' and all this stuff.
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I wanted this, I wanted to do this, but my work is me, and it has to be right.
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I never wanted to be a model. My modelling career was nothing but a stepping stone to my acting career and that's all I ever saw it as. A pointless rock in the river that has to be stepped on in order to get to the meaningful oasis of acting.
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The characters are trapped within the lifestyle. It's about what goes on before the movie starts.
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It certainly was unusual growing up with two fairly well-known pastors as my parents.
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People become dons because they are incapable of doing anything else in life.
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Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.
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2014 was the planet’s warmest year on record. Now, one year doesn’t make a trend, but this does: 14 of the 15 warmest years on record have all fallen in the first 15 years of this century.
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Each experience I go through - marriage, my public life, my personal life - I'm learning as I go.
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Today I would say, 'I am against plastic surgery.' It's a grave act. An act that touches our soul. It was frightening.
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I went to college and law school with the help of the GI Bill. That experience moved me so much, I dedicated the rest of my life to serving this great country and helping others succeed.
Charles B. Rangel
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Culture is simply a shared way of doing something with passion.
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In the 1960s, my father chose to introduce Italian-style clothing into a world that was filled with boxy Brooks Brothers suits. So if you were dressing in his clothes in New York or California, you were breaking a rule. And my mother, Risha, who is still living, has always been an activist. I don't think my mom has met a cause she doesn't like.
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I think the life of an actor is very glamorous to other people - then, realities set in.
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Heart disease is no laughing matter. After my father suffered a massive heart attack, I realized just how serious heart disease can be.
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Multifaceted and textured characters are always more intriguing to me. You never really just want to play one note. It becomes a bit monotone and boring.
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I don't like producing. It's a lot of meetings you sit through that amount to nothing.
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The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.
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Every year, my mom makes sure I have my checkups and everything, which is probably a really good idea. She's great with all that health stuff.
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Going to New York to do whatever - show business - it just seemed fun. It seemed fun to go to the big city and meet all kinds of different people and maybe be famous. It was just exciting. So I wasn't scared.
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Some writers hate to go to trials, but I love trials.
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You have to love somebody that much to also hate them that much, too.
