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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I come from what they call the land of nowhere. I'm from the suburb. It's extremely atomizing.
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In general, when you have success on the field, you're more popular, and you have that fame that comes with it. You realize you're in the public eye more, and you've got to be a little bit more careful about some of the things you're doing out in public and make sure you're smart about the things you say.
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There's no point in me meeting with a bunch of producers or studios, because I'll write my own scripts in my own time.
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It is distressing to me that we live in an age in which we still must fight to protect our civil rights as Americans, in which a hate crime perpetrated against someone based their sexual orientation can go unpunished, and in which discrimination is being written into our laws.
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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.
