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Okay, so maybe I'm romantic... but somebody is supposed to be romantic. Some warrior is supposed to go to war against the imperial forces of cynicism and irony. I am a sentimental soldier.

Sherman Alexie

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Sherman Alexie
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: October 7
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...there are some children who aren't really children at all, they're just pillars of flame that burn everything they touch. And there are some children who are just pillars of ash, that fall apart when you touch them... ~ Thomas Builds-the-Fire (played by Evan Adams) in Alexie's Smoke Signals
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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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When you construct a mix tape, the first song you come out with has to be a barnburner.
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Only in rock music and the literary world you see so many ugly white guys with beautiful women. That says a lot about the women, their character. They're attracted to more than surface.
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That's one more thing people don't know about Indians: We love to talk dirty.
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The poetry, if you will, of life is reduced to this sort of dry, scientific, you know, it's the worst sort of précis of who we are.
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I hear poetry whenever I turn on the radio. Eminem is a better poet than just about everybody. He's better than Billy Collins he's better than Richard Wilbur he's better than me.
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Do you understand how amazing it is to hear that from an adult? Do you know how amazing it is to hear that from anybody? It's one of the simplest sentences in the world, just four words, but they're the four hugest words in the world when they're put together. You can do it.
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I love to scare the already terrified assholes.
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I've come to the point in my life where I encourage young Native Americans to become much more selfish about their personal needs and wants.
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I recognize now that the conditions that Indians are living in are the conditions that poor people everywhere are living in.
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[F]rank knew he was guilty of arrogance and misanthropy, but he compensated by being kind to strangers and tipping really well at restaurants.
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All art is exploitation.
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You want the good life? You live where white people live, you go to school where white people go to school, and you shop where white people shop.
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Don't live up to your stereotypes.
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If you're good at it, and you love it, and it helps you navigate the river of the world, then it can't be wrong.
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