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If one reads enough books, one has a fighting chance.

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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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Reads
Books
Fighting
Chance
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Enough

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My only purpose is to teach children to rebel against authority figures.
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I don't have to participate in another culture's ceremonies in order to respect that culture.
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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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In a real-world way, my gifts are very limited in terms of what I can do.
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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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Sometimes it's called passing out and sometimes it's just pretending to be asleep
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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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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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Life is a constant struggle between being an individual and being a member of the community.
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They put me in a holding cell with a black kid and a white kid and a Chinese kid. We're the United Nations of juvenile delinquents.
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In the middle of a crazy and drunk life, you have to hang onto the good and sober moments tightly.
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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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You know, people speak in poetry all the time. They just don't realize it.
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When you're depressed, you know, it's like the world has ended. Even getting out of bed takes the most massive amount of effort. But when you're manic, oh, it's so addicting. You know, I have finished novels in two weeks in manic stages.
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I drew because words were too unpredictable. (5)
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Let us now celebrate the literary allusion.
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Yep, my daddy was an undependable drunk. But he'd never missed any of my organized games, concerts, plays, or picnics. He may not have loved me perfectly, but he loved me as well as he could. (189)
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Read. Read 1000 pages for every 1 page that you write.
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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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If it's fiction, then it better be true.
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