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The ordinary can be like medicine.
Sherman Alexie
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Sherman Alexie
Age: 57
Born: 1966
Born: October 7
Film Director
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Washington
Sherman Joseph Alexie
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The problem is that too many adults think their kids' lives are simple, or they try to make their lives simple, when their emotional lives are just as complicated as ours. They might have a few less tools to deal with it because they're young, but the emotions are all the same, and the subject matter is all the same.
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