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.Sherman Alexie
Quotes to Explore
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A world without Tony Randall is a world that I cannot recognize.
Jack Klugman -
We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.
W. H. Auden -
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.
Saint Basil -
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.
Aaliyah -
When you're serving at the local level, you have to build strong personal relationships to get things done.
Wendy Davis -
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.
Daniel Clowes
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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.
Antonin Scalia -
You will understand the true spirit neither of science nor of religion unless seeking is placed in the forefront.
Arthur Eddington -
The surprising thing about fatherhood was finding my inner mush. Now I want to share it with the world.
Christopher Meloni -
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.
Charlie Haden -
My two elder sisters married Englishmen and went abroad.
Bill Forsyth -
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.
Eliza Doolittle
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It's a funny thing. I'll be in my home town of Columbus at a restaurant or something, and the waiter maybe asks, 'What do you do?' and I say, 'Oh, I'm in a band... Twenty One Pilots,' and he'll say, 'Cool, I'll check it out. I never heard of them.' And then I say, 'In September we're playing the Schottenstein Center,' and it's like, 'What?!'
Tyler Joseph Twenty One Pilots -
Not many people were speaking truth to power in the '80s. I had a really good time doing it - I found it gratifying. It was a joy to have an opportunity to say what you believed. It's challenging to do it in fiction, but I liked writing the novels. I liked writing 'Democracy' particularly.
Joan Didion -
I understand now why Hillary Clinton always wore navy blue pantsuits. Remember, for four years? If you have one or two themes, then you have the same shoes, the same bag. Otherwise, it's a nightmare.
Amy Klobuchar -
People have written about 'Sleep' as if it were some kind of record attempt, but I could just put repeat marks at the end, and it would be 16 hours. It's not about that.
Max Richter -
It's a fine line we walk on 'Warehouse 13.' We really earn our dramatic moments, but our tongues are always firmly in our cheeks. If we take ourselves too seriously, we get into trouble.
Joanne Kelly -
Joe Louis is the hardest puncher that I've ever seen... He's a good man. Anyone who plans on beating him had better know what they're doing.
Max Schmeling
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Success for me is not to have all the medals. Success for me is to always do your best and try to develop and get better at every event.
Carolina Kluft -
Athletes have to be confident and I am thinking like that.
Haile Gebrselassie -
Get Miramax to send me down to Australia. I'd like to see it.
Walter Hill -
I've been most happy to be an advocate for the kinds of grassroots things that people are doing who care about poetry.
Natasha Trethewey -
The constitution controls any legislative act repugnant to it.
John Marshall -
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.
Sherman Alexie