Sherman Alexie Quotes
If you really want a woman to love you, then you have to dance. And if you don’t want to dance, then you’re going to have to work extra hard to make a woman love you forever, and you will always run the risk that she will leave you at any second for a man who knows how to tango.
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I played competitive golf all my life. Then all of a sudden, when I quit playing the game, I've got all this spare time and this energy. And certainly I wasn't ready to pack up my bags and go sit in front of the television with a shawl on.
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I'm getting married because I'm in love with a girl and want to spend my life with her. You can't live your life doing what other people want you to or you'll be miserable. At some point you just have to be yourself.
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Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but of Michael.
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When you go all over the world for work, your dream vacation is your bedroom.
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I can't deal with someone flashy. That's so not me.
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Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle.
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I am happy to say that everyone that I have met in my life, I have gained something from them; be it negative or positive, it has enforced and reinforced my life in some aspect.
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Mom! It's the cops! I'm gonna get nicked, I'm gonna get nicked!
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Nam divitiarum et formae gloria fluxa atque fragilis est, virtus clara aeternaque habetur.
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p. 97-98: As quoted in: S.P. Sector (1997). A Study of Issues Relating to the Patentability of Biotechnological Subject Matter. Footnote 51.
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It is a delicate & difficult art fitting rhythm to an idea...communicating momentary phases in a poet's mind.
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Knowledge is indivisible. When people grow wise in one direction, they are sure to make it easier for themselves to grow wise in other directions as well. On the other hand, when they split up knowledge, concentrate on their own field, and scorn and ignore other fields, they grow less wise - even in their own field.
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Put not your trust in princes.
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I just hope I can get another personal best. If I can do that, I'll be satisfied.
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You can't be crazy and wild when you're on work time. But, I like it, in that sense I think it makes you a better person for having matured at a younger age.
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I don't really think of myself as a heartthrob.
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I plant a lot of trees. I am a great believer in planting things for future generations. I loathe the now culture where you just live for today.
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Rolling Stones, Beatles, we gave them all the break they were looking for. All they needed was a good opening act, and we went out there and performed as well as we could... over 15,000 kids chanting.
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You don't just go to your bosses and say, 'This sucks. I'm supposed to be winning everything.' If you have an awesome idea or a story, or something great, you go, 'Hey, how about we do this,' but when the story is not you, you have to find a way to make it work.
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My goal is definitely a gold medal still in Rio.
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Men of learning are those who have read the contents of books. Thinkers, geniuses, and those who have enlightened the world and furthered the race of men, are those who have made direct use of the book of the world.
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If you're well-known, you're at the risk of becoming your own character. When you're alone, as a writer, you have to be unknown, putting it all on the paper.
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A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.
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If you really want a woman to love you, then you have to dance. And if you don’t want to dance, then you’re going to have to work extra hard to make a woman love you forever, and you will always run the risk that she will leave you at any second for a man who knows how to tango.
