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Your past is a skeleton walking one step behind you, and your future is a a skeleton walking one step in front of you. Maybe you don't wear a watch, but your skeletons do, and they always know what time it is.
Sherman Alexie
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Sherman Alexie
Age: 57
Born: 1966
Born: October 7
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Sherman Joseph Alexie
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