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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.

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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Conditions
Poor
Living
People
Indians
Recognize
Everywhere

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