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Everybody likes to have a place to think, to meditate, to eat a burrito.

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Sherman Alexie
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: October 7
Film Director
Film Producer
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Wellpinit
Washington
Sherman Joseph Alexie
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Books and beer are the best and worst defense.
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Life is a constant struggle between being an individual and being a member of the community.
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I look more Indian when I'm serious.
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I used to sleep with my books in piles all over my bed and sometimes they were the only thing keeping me warm and always the only thing keeping me alive. Books are the best and worst defense.
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I ain't interested in the truth. I'm interested in the way things should be.
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We're all travelling heavy with illusions.
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I drew because words were too unpredictable. (5)
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Like any good shaman, professional baseball player, or politician, my mother always answered questions with questions.
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But we danced, under wigs and between unfinished walls, through broken promises and around empty cupboards.
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Estranged from the tribe that gives no protection, What happens to the soul that hates its reflection?
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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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There are all kinds of addicts, I guess. We all have pain. And we all look for ways to make the pain go away. (107)
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I guess a witness is all I am. I think as a writer, you're pretty removed. Writing is a very selfish, individualistic pursuit. So in that sense I'm a witness because I'm not participating.
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