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Sherman Alexie
Age: 57
Born: 1966
Born: October 7
Film Director
Film Producer
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Wellpinit
Washington
Sherman Joseph Alexie
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Spiritual
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He made me realize that hard work--that the act of finishing, of completing, of accomplishing a task--is joyous
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I was a controversial figure on my reservation when I was a kid. I was mouthy and opinionated and arrogant. Nothing has changed.
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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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Every movie is a road movie. Every novel is a mystery. Every tortilla chip is sacred.
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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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Nervous means you want to play. Scared means you don't want to play.
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My school and my tribe are so poor and sad that we have to study from the same dang books our parents studied from. That is absolutely the saddest thing in the world.
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We can all learn from every text. Reading the work that disgusts you can only strengthen your core beliefs. I could teach a semester-long course based only on reading the local telephone book. All stories can be taught in valuable ways.
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I've learned that the worst thing a parent can do is ignore their children
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And believe me, a good piece of chicken can make anybody believe in the existence of God.
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White Americans have a short memory.
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I had the feeling I was going to be successful, and I didn't want to be another disappointing Indian.
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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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Is revenge a circle inside of a circle inside of a circle?
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Read. Read 1000 pages for every 1 page that you write.
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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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In a real-world way, my gifts are very limited in terms of what I can do.
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