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Every movie is a road movie. Every novel is a mystery. Every tortilla chip is sacred.

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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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Mystery
Novel
Movie
Tortilla
Every
Tortillas
Chip
Chips
Sacred
Road

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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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I don't know what any individual should do about crossing her own borders. I only know that I live a happier, more adventurous life, by crossing borders.
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The percentage of Indian kids doing some sort of artistic work is much higher than in the general population - painting, drawing, dancing, singing. The creation of art is still an everyday part of Indian culture, unlike the dominant culture, where art is sort of peripheral.
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My father was always depressed. When he was home and sober, he was mostly in his room.
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If it's fiction, then it better be true.
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In high school I dated a white woman. She would come to visit me on the rez. And her dad, who was very racist, didn't like that at all. And he told her one time, 'You shouldn't go on the rez if you're white because Indians have a lot of anger in their heart.'
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There are all kinds of addicts, I guess. We all have pain. And we all look for ways to make the pain go away. (107)
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We're all travelling heavy with illusions.
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I write in blood because I remember what it felt like to bleed.
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Everyone I have lost in the closing of a door the click of the lock is not forgotten, they do not die but remain within the soft edges of the earth, the ash of house fires and cancer in sin and forgiveness huddled under old blankets dreaming their way into my hands, my heart closing tight like fists. - Indian Boy Love Song #1
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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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Listen you have to read a book three times before you know it.
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Is revenge a circle inside of a circle inside of a circle?
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When it comes to death, we know that laughter and tears are pretty much the same thing.
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I think all of us are always five years old in the presence and absence of our parents.
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But we danced, under wigs and between unfinished walls, through broken promises and around empty cupboards.
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That's one more thing people don't know about Indians: We love to talk dirty.
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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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and then she asks me how many sexual partners I've had and I say one or two depending on your definition of what I did to Custer . . .
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Facebook and Twitter and these other social sites bring every, I mean, 140 characters. I mean, I'm on Twitter and I have fun. But I don't think anybody learns anything about me as a person.
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