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Sherman Alexie
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: October 7
Film Director
Film Producer
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Washington
Sherman Joseph Alexie
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I write in blood because I remember what it felt like to bleed.
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Nobody recognizes that a bookstore or library can also be a drowning polar bear. And in this country [US], magazines, newspapers, and bookstores are drowning polar bears. And if people can't see that or don't want to talk about it, I don't understand them at all.
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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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And I couldn't make fun of her for that dream. It was my dream, too. And Indian boys weren't supposed to dream like that. And white girls from small towns weren't supposed to dream big, either. We were supposed to be happy with our limitations. But there was no way Penelope and I were going to sit still. Nope, we both wanted to fly.
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They put me in a holding cell with a black kid and a white kid and a Chinese kid. We're the United Nations of juvenile delinquents.
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If it's fiction, then it better be true.
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If you're good at it, and you love it, and it helps you navigate the river of the world, then it can't be wrong.
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Ialways think it's funny when Indians celebrate Thanksgiving. I mean, sure, the Indians and Pilgrims were best friends during the first Thanksgiving, but a few years later, the Pilgrims were shooting Indians. So I'm never quite sure why we eat Turkey like everybody else. (101)
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One play can change your momentum forever.
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I recognize now that the conditions that Indians are living in are the conditions that poor people everywhere are living in.
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When it comes to death, we know that laughter and tears are pretty much the same thing.
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My father was always depressed. When he was home and sober, he was mostly in his room.
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Like any good shaman, professional baseball player, or politician, my mother always answered questions with questions.
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In the middle of a crazy and drunk life, you have to hang onto the good and sober moments tightly.
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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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White Americans have a short memory.
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I love to scare the already terrified assholes.
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What if someone picks on me? I asked Then I'll pick on them. What if someone picks my nose? I asked. The I'll pick your nose, too Rowdy said.
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When you resort to violence to prove a point, you’ve just experienced a profound failure of imagination.
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When you construct a mix tape, the first song you come out with has to be a barnburner.
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