Sherman Alexie Quotes
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I think you have to create your own stuff so I'm working on stuff for myself right now.
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Too many executives I've met over the years have the mentality of a bodybuilder; they've come to accept the idea that growth is synonymous with success.
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I made all my generals out of mud.
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For every athlete, it is very important to be able to engage in their favorite thing, give all the best in training, performing in competitions, defending the honor of the motherland.
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The first test any poem must pass is no longer, 'Is it true to nature?' but a criterion looking in a different direction: namely, 'Is it sincere? Is it genuine?'
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I like humor: the sort of gentle humor that points out human foibles.
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Hot girls have so many options. Sitting at home alone any night of the week and searching the Internet for a dude is on zero hot girls' agendas. So they're definitely not coming after you.
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There's nothing mathematical to my writing. It's a feeling.
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Symbolism is alright in 'fiction,' but I tell true life stories simply about what happened to people I knew.
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The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.
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The cars haven't advanced that much since we were kids. When you boil it down, it's still a gas combustion engine.
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I grew up in the era of Britney Spears, where artists had songs written for them, and you got up and sang them. That's how I always thought it was.
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I've made my music so that it could be about anything and everybody - whether it's a guy, a female or a goat - and everybody can relate to that.
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It's brutal out on the football field.
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And then, of course, most potters, they go in for earth tones and subdued things, and I like color.
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Exploiters and manipulators have always used religion self-righteously to further their own selfish ends.
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Tech companies tend to do tech best.
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Who cares about great marks left behind? We have one life... just one. Our life. We have nothing else.
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When the heart grows weary, all things seem dreary; When the burden grows heavy, the way seems long. Thank God for sending kind death as an ending, Like a grand Amen to a minor song.
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When you are present, the world is truly alive.
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The world is slowly evolving into a place where the things that we have seen as being taboo are starting to open up a bit more.
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The legacy of this place is heroism and goodness. That is what we celebrate through this museum.
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The whole world can hit a fastball if it's in the right place. I just try to change it up.
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Everybody likes to have a place to think, to meditate, to eat a burrito.
