Sherman Alexie Quotes
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Just because I have two world records, everyone assumes that means automatically it is two guaranteed gold medals, but it isn't like that, and anything can happen in a race.
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Women are wonderful, but they get so caught up about their body. We need to unhook from worrying so much. When I don't feel good, I look in the mirror and think I look fat and miserable. But when I feel good and whole, I'm not worried about my body because I'm living in it. It doesn't become an object.
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Individuals should think about the worst-case scenarios and plan for them. The world will be crazier than you think it will be. Put money away, and then you can live with much more freedom.
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It's a very good historical book about history.
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There comes a point in nearly every book event I've done when a little feminist revolt stirs inside the crowd.
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I am musical and I enjoy theatre, but I never wanted to just do theatre. I always wanted to go into film. I love film. I loved growing up in the theatre, but I always wanted to do film all along. But, I still pursue music separately.
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The basic right to quality and affordable health care is under assault by Donald Trump and Republicans in Washington.
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America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
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I am not interested in producing fiction for Indian television at all, the reason being that I don't understand the medium. I can be a judge or a host; I can do that as an individual. But to produce TV content, you have to know the game.
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The alliance in Jammu and Kashmir is one of the most important developments on the contemporary political scene.
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AIDS is a plague - numerically, statistically and by any definition known to modern public health - though no one in authority has the guts to call it one.
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I have deep emotions about the American people. If I were to cry for anything, I would cry for them and the policies that they're about to face.
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A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.
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When a noble life has prepared for old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality.
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The thought of somebody pulling and cutting around my face gives me stomach ache. Plastic surgery would be so painful. What if it doesn't look good? What if they made a mistake? I couldn't do it.
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The fullness of life is in the hazards of life.
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The interpretation of dreams is a great art.
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The man who trusts men will make fewer mistakes than he who distrusts them.
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If Jesus came back today, and saw what was going on in his name, he'd never stop throwing up.
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When trust works out right, it can be absolutely magical.
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All the really pretty girls get pregnant.
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People love gospel music. It's calming. It's soothing. It gets right to the point of whatever you're dealing with.
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In rural communities, people are upset with the government, upset with what they see as business as usual. They saw Obama as a change agent, and they saw Donald Trump as a change agent.
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Writing is a lonely business.
