Sherman Alexie Quotes
The people who loved me when I was seven years old love my books, and the people who didn't like me when I was seven years old don't like my books.
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I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go. You had three days of vocal training and performed your song at the end. I sang 'I Say a Little Prayer.' It's a tough song to sing but they gave me the confidence to go for it and belt it out.
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Don't be afraid to convince yourself that your business is incredible, but don't expect others to be convinced without solid data to back it up. Ideas can be a worth a lot, but they are usually not. Execution is everything.
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I've got a 1990 Porsche 911. It's just a Carrera, a very simple, straightforward little thing that goes like stink. I love it.
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We want to be two-way players; that's the best thing.
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Money is neither my god nor my devil. It is a form of energy that tends to make us more of who we already are, whether it's greedy or loving.
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People appreciate and follow the person who can persuade them properly. Make that person you.
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Whatever you see - any good results - are all from the pressure.
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Everything can be going well, but if I'm not writing, I'm not happy. When I'm writing well, I'm like a different person.
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There are times when we must sink to the bottom of our misery to understand truth, just as we must descend to the bottom of a well to see the stars in broad daylight.
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I work out in a studio. Every day, regardless where I am, at least two hours. I need it. I can't cease it.
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If only the people around you know you're an artist, then you're doing something wrong.
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Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.
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All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
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In films of terror, it's often not about being graphic. Or if there is a graphic image, it's extremely swift. Everyone talks about the shower scene in 'Psycho,' but that's the only graphic scene in the entire film.
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While trade agreements are negotiated in secrecy, behind-closed doors, we have learned enough from leaks to know that the result of passing TPA to 'fast track' these trade agreements would affect everything from food safety to environmental protection to consumer financial protections.
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It's not about giving back if you're successful or a celebrity or how much money you have: it's about your responsibility as an adult to help others.
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I love college life.
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With 24-hour news... the story moves on with the media.
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I think L.A. gets a bad rap. L.A. is the same as everywhere else.
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If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.
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The Word of fire burns today On the lips of our prophets in an evil age.
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In the course of my research, I've read a lot of incredibly bad books - mostly by academics. I'm puzzled as to just why their writing is so terrible. These are smart people, after all.
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Half the time I pick up a book, that's what I'm trying to get.
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The people who loved me when I was seven years old love my books, and the people who didn't like me when I was seven years old don't like my books.
