Sherman Alexie Quotes
I guess a witness is all I am. I think as a writer, you're pretty removed. Writing is a very selfish, individualistic pursuit. So in that sense I'm a witness because I'm not participating.
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A world without Tony Randall is a world that I cannot recognize.
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We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.
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The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enquiry as to its being formed or unformed.
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I came to New York in 1962 and it began to look like I might he able to make a living in 1972.
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The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation.
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I know that people think I'm sexy and I am looked at as that. It is cool with me. It's wonderful to have sexy appeal. If you embrace it, it can be a very beautiful thing.
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When you're serving at the local level, you have to build strong personal relationships to get things done.
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I stickhandle a lot at practice. I watch a lot of hockey, so I try to either pick up something from other players or watch some video and see what kind of move would work in the same situation.
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I have this certain vision of the way I want my comics to look; this sort of photographic realism, but with a certain abstraction that comics can give. It's kind of a fine line.
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When we need somebody haunted we investigate … When we investigate we do so noisily always.
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Can one be a follower of Jesus Christ... and have countries attacked. The lives, reputations and possessions of people destroyed and on the slight chance of the presence of a few criminals in a village, city, or convoy for example, the entire village, city or convoy set ablaze.
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Life is too short to pursue every human act to its most remote consequences; 'for want of a nail, a kingdom was lost' is a commentary on fate, not the statement of a major cause of action against a blacksmith.
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You will understand the true spirit neither of science nor of religion unless seeking is placed in the forefront.
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The surprising thing about fatherhood was finding my inner mush. Now I want to share it with the world.
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I want to take people away from the ugliness and sadness around us every day and bring beautiful, deep music to as many people as I can.
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My two elder sisters married Englishmen and went abroad.
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It's not like what I do, how I write, changes depending on the nature of the project. I give each story my all, regardless of if there are a few thousand people reading it or a few hundred thousand.
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You don't sell as many records as you used to because of illegal downloads, but I think there are other ways you can make money through your music. Whether it's through merchandise or teaming up with other companies or brands or whatever, there are ways.
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To me, a building - if it's beautiful - is the love of one man, he's made it out of his love for space, materials, things like that.
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To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.
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The issue of diamonds in Africa is inseparable from the issue of child soldiers.
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Too often, we have tended to fall into a trap of creating plain hamburgers.
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I guess a witness is all I am. I think as a writer, you're pretty removed. Writing is a very selfish, individualistic pursuit. So in that sense I'm a witness because I'm not participating.
