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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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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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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I was very lost as a teenager. Which is a horrible way to feel.
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Democracy derailed is democracy denied.
Chaka Fattah
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I have a really hard time writing my own lyrics for this record, because one, I had to write so many and also I was kind of perplexed by the idea of how I was going to sing and play... because at that time, we hadn't really thought about asking someone else.
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The fact is that, except for those very few whose wealth is overwhelmingly or entirely inherited, the more affluent have usually worked harder than the less affluent.
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I’m interested in selling things, and the whole process of marketing.
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Happiness is a real, objective phenomenon, scientifically verifiable. That means people and whole societies can now be measured over time and compared accurately with one another. Causes and cures for unhappiness can be quantified.
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Nulli est homini perpetuum bonum.
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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.
