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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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Sherman Alexie
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: October 7
Film Director
Film Producer
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Wellpinit
Washington
Sherman Joseph Alexie
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Books and beer are the best and worst defense.
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I got hundreds of emails insulting me, accusing me of being some caveman. I am by no means a Luddite. I have two iPods. I have a cell phone. I have cable TV, HDTV!
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I think a lot of Indians want Indian artists to be cultural cheerleaders rather than cultural investigators.
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I drew because words were too unpredictable. (5)
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Religious fundamentalists are unaware that freedom of religion necessarily brings with it the freedom to mock religion.
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I grabbed my book and opened it up. I wanted to smell it. Heck, I wanted to kiss it. Yes, kiss it. That's right, I am a book kisser. Maybe that's kind of perverted or maybe it's just romantic and highly intelligent.
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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.
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We are taught to take the bread into our bodies as proof of Jesus's body.
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All art is exploitation.
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Life is a constant struggle between being an individual and being a member of the community.
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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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I suddenly understood that if every moment of a book should be taken seriously, then every moment of a life should be taken seriously as well.
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He wanted the songs, the stories, to save everybody.
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I wanted to do a weird book and reestablish my independent, small-press roots.
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