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He loved her, of course, but better than that, he chose her, day after day. Choice: that was the thing.

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Sherman Alexie
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: October 7
Film Director
Film Producer
Novelist
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Washington
Sherman Joseph Alexie
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You want the good life? You live where white people live, you go to school where white people go to school, and you shop where white people shop.
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Facebook and Twitter and these other social sites bring every, I mean, 140 characters. I mean, I'm on Twitter and I have fun. But I don't think anybody learns anything about me as a person.
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