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That's one more thing people don't know about Indians: We love to talk dirty.

Sherman Alexie

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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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Thing
Love
People
Indians
Dirty
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