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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Be in love with your life every detail of it
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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 wanted to write about school because most of my audience at the particular time was of a school element.
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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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My father was a very disciplined singer who worked hard at his craft, and I was around that growing up.
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I'm interested in designing for posterity.
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I think anyone can do anything they dream of if they put their mind to it and put in the work.
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Just putting my uniform on keeps me going. Being able to get out there keeps me going. That's the best therapy.
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This year's Veterans Day celebration is especially significant as our country remains committed to fighting the War on Terror and as brave men and women are heroically defending our homeland.
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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.
