Sherman Alexie Quotes

Every movie is a road movie. Every novel is a mystery. Every tortilla chip is sacred.

Sherman Alexie

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• I do not deal with threats and ultimatums.

  

  Yair Lapid
  • Deal
  • Threats
  • Ultimatums

• I'm very easily distracted unless I have music on. Listening to music while I brainstorm makes me think of scenes that would fit the mood of the music I'm playing.

  

  Maggie Stiefvater
  • Music
  • Think
  • Listening

• One of the things the novel can do is address big questions in ways that are accessible to people. It's not that I want to teach people, but these are the things that interest me, and this is my medium for exploring ideas, and I think the potential of novels to do that is massive.

  

  Samantha Harvey
  • People
  • Ideas
  • Questions

• You never get quite down to the bottom of the barrel, but we are much higher than that at the present time. There is quite a lot left in the barrel that could be explained by them. If they have some weapons, if they have some anthrax, they should deliver that.

  

  Hans Blix
  • Time
  • Present
  • Never

• I have always thought if there is a game, and there have been a lot of fouls on me, then I have been playing well for the team, so that means we're having a good match. You can win a free-kick when there's a foul, and that's a chance to score a goal.

  

  Eden Hazard
  • Good
  • Game
  • Free

• I find that once you start helping others, it makes you feel better about yourself. It helps you figure out what you want to do with your own life.

  

  Lance Bass NSYNC
  • Life
  • Yourself
  • Start

• When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Great
  • Men
  • Small

• Under so much pressure and the situation that I was in, that was the personality that came across with me.

  

  LaToya London
  • Me
  • Personality
  • Pressure

• My parents did everything possible. My dad has worked from eight in the morning until nine in the evening to make it possible so I can play tennis. We had to cancel tournaments because we couldn't afford to go there.

  

  Sabine Lisicki
  • Parents
  • Dad
  • Morning

• We put our life on the line to fight for them, put on a show and these guys take our money so whatever happens to Bob Arum, Don King or anyone else is fine with me.

  

  Larry Holmes
  • Life
  • Money
  • King

• The aristocracy most widely developed in America is that of wealth.

  

  Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould
  • America

• Mexico has perhaps, in some ways, a good practice, in which it has officials devoted precisely to hold those children, to retain those children that are crossing through our territory, who are coming from Central America.

  

  Enrique Pena Nieto
  • Good
  • Children
  • America

• For me, I always like to get up bright and early.

  

  Andre Rieu
  • Up

• The idea of putting out an album is quite exciting because it's sharing your creativity with people. There's no ambition to be famous. I couldn't care less about that.

  

  Bryan Adams
  • People
  • Famous
  • Idea

• The battle of prayer is against two things in the earthlies: wandering thoughts and lack of intimacy with God's character as revealed in His word. Neither can be cured at once, but they can be cured by discipline.

  

  Oswald Chambers
  • God
  • Character
  • Thoughts

• There are at least 18 dead in this barn. We've found the remains of at least 18. I'll think about this for months. I'll see it when I try to sleep. This is something you can't forget.

  

  B. R. Hayden
  • Sleep
  • Dead
  • Remains

• His desire to focus on specific core funds has given me the opportunity to redistribute assets to managers whose talents warrant larger assignments.

  

  Robert Pozen
  • Opportunity
  • Desire
  • Focus

• The best way to live is to live like there is no tomorrow.

  

  Uche Okafor
  • Life
  • Live
  • Tomorrow

• Books are as dark as what is available to teenagers through the media every day.

  

  Tamora Pierce
  • Day
  • Dark
  • Everyday

• Yoga is the rule book for playing the game of Life, but in this game no one needs to lose. It is tough, and you need to train hard. It requires the willingness to think for yourself, to observe and correct, and to surmount occasional setbacks. It demands honesty, sustained application, and above all love in your heart.

  

  Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar
  • Life
  • Heart
  • Book

• With an iron-clad fist, I wake up and French-kiss the morning.

  

  Jon Bon Jovi
  • Up
  • Morning
  • Kiss

• Bid faith look through the key-hole of the promise, and tell thee what it sees there laid up for him that overcomes; bid it listen and tell thee whether it cannot hear the shout of those crowned saints, as of those that are dividing the spoil, and receiving the reward of all their services and sufferings here on earth.

  

  William Gurnall
  • Earth
  • Suffering
  • Promise

• For me, a snack is supposed to be unhealthy! I like having chips or popcorn when I'm on set.

  

  Sara Sampaio
  • Chips
  • Popcorn
  • Unhealthy

• Every movie is a road movie. Every novel is a mystery. Every tortilla chip is sacred.

  

  Sherman Alexie
  • Mystery
  • Novel
  • Sacred