Sherman Alexie Quotes
The percentage of Indian kids doing some sort of artistic work is much higher than in the general population - painting, drawing, dancing, singing. The creation of art is still an everyday part of Indian culture, unlike the dominant culture, where art is sort of peripheral.
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Women can't be afraid to look like action heroes. It's not always pretty, but when it's on the screen, it translates well to the audience.
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Isolationism is over.
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So I feel a responsibility to help first-time film-makers in Brazil, but also to increase the dialogue between film cultures which are really wonderful and so much closer to us than what we do see on our screens.
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This is why I have always said that it would be better if Muslims were poor.
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I think talent makes me really attracted to someone more than anything.
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Librarians have always stood up for writers and readers in every kind of community across this country.
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Ultimately life is disease, death and oblivion. It's still better than high school.
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And if you're horrible to me I'm going to write a song about you and you are not going to like it. That's how I operate.
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Whenever I start to really think about what I'm playing, I may play it better musically, but the feeling isn't there.
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I'm a big fan of Elvis, man. I got 'Heartbreak Hotel' tattooed on my chest.
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People can be slave-ships in shoes.
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I've been racketeered on.
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I want to do more documentaries and travel to places I haven't been. That is where I think I can be fulfilled.
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When I first read the script a few years ago I thought it was one of the best written scripts I had ever read.
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I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.
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My parents have sailed around the world; they know what can happen and that it's not always fun, but because I want to do it so much, they agreed and supported me.
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War is the business of barbarians.
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Was die Menschen unter den andern Bildungen der Erde, das sind die Künstler unter den Menschen.
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The movie business is not something that can come from the brain. It really comes from the soul and the heart.
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Self-conscious, uncertain, I'm showered by the dust. But the spirit enters into me and I submit to trust.
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Words change over time. 'Condescending,' for instance, was once a good thing to be. It meant that a person was willing to interact politely with people of lower social ranks. In Jane Austen's world, a lady praised for her condescension was receiving a sincere compliment.
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One of my earliest memories is seeing the bright blue, Epic 45 of Jackie Wilson singing 'Higher and Higher,' and I'd say, 'That one!' and my parents would play it every Sunday afternoon and we'd all get up and leap around the house.
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The percentage of Indian kids doing some sort of artistic work is much higher than in the general population - painting, drawing, dancing, singing. The creation of art is still an everyday part of Indian culture, unlike the dominant culture, where art is sort of peripheral.
