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The world is divided by two different tribes. The people who are assholes and the people who are not.

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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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World
People
Assholes
Tribes
Divided
Two
Different

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I realized that I might be a lonely Indian boy, but I was not alone in the loneliness. There were millions of other Americans who had left their birthplaces in search of a dream. (217)
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I wanted to do a weird book and reestablish my independent, small-press roots.
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I ain't interested in the truth. I'm interested in the way things should be.
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