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30 Sherman Alexie Quotes & Sayings
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30 Sherman Alexie Quotes & Sayings
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Born: 7 October 1966 |
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If you let people into your life a little bit, they can be pretty damn amazing.
Sherman Alexie
Let people
Your life
Be pretty
Amazing
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Life is a constant struggle between being an individual and being a member of the community.
Sherman Alexie
Life
Constant struggle
An individual
A member
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If you're good at it, and you love it, and it helps you navigate the river of the world, then it can't be wrong.
Sherman Alexie
You're good
Love it
Navigate
The river
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Poverty doesn’t give you strength or teach you lessons about perseverance. No, poverty only teaches you how to be poor.
Sherman Alexie
Poverty
Give you
Strength
Teach you
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The world, even the smallest parts of it, is filled with things you don't know.
Sherman Alexie
The world
Smallest parts
Is filled
With things
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What kind of life can you have in a house without books?
Sherman Alexie
What kind
Life
You have
A house
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If you care about something enough, it’s going to make you cry. But you have to use it. Use your tears.Use your pain. Use your fear. Get mad.
Sherman Alexie
You care
About something
You cry
Use it
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If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one's chances of survival increase with each book one reads.
Sherman Alexie
One reads
Enough books
Fighting chance
Survival increase
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I was studying the sky like I was an astronomer, except it was daytime and I didn't have a telescope, so I was just an idiot.
Sherman Alexie
Was studying
The sky
An astronomer
Daytime
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I suddenly understood that if every moment of a book should be taken seriously, then every moment of a life should be taken seriously as well.
Sherman Alexie
Suddenly understand
Every moment
A book
Taken seriously
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You have to love somebody that much to also hate them that much too.
Sherman Alexie
You have
Love somebody
Hate them
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I've learned that the worst thing a parent can do is ignore their children.
Sherman Alexie
I've learned
Worst thing
A parent
Is ignore
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Your past is a skeleton walking one step behind you, and your future is a a skeleton walking one step in front of you. Maybe you don't wear a watch, but your skeletons do, and they always know what time it is.
Sherman Alexie
Your past
A skeleton
One step
Behind you
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When it comes to death, we know that laughter and tears are pretty much the same thing.
Sherman Alexie
It comes
To death
That laughter
Tears
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When you resort to violence to prove a point, you’ve just experienced a profound failure of imagination.
Sherman Alexie
You resort
To violence
A point
Profound failure
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Books and beer are the best and worst defense.
Sherman Alexie
Books
Beer
The best
Worst defense
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You should approach each book you should approach life-with the real possibility that you might get a metaphorical boner at any point.
Sherman Alexie
Should approach
Each book
Approach life
Real possibility
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That's the whole point of life, you know? To meet new people.
Sherman Alexie
Whole point
Of life
New people
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She was in pain and I loved her, sort of loved her, I guess, so I kind of had to love her pain, too.
Sherman Alexie
In pain
Loved her
Her pain
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Somebody dies and people eat your food. Funny how that works.
Sherman Alexie
Somebody dies
People eat
Your food
Funny
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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.
Sherman Alexie
My school
My tribe
We have
Study
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Listen you have to read a book three times before you know it.
Sherman Alexie
To read
A book
Three times
Know it
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And believe me, a good piece of chicken can make anybody believe in the existence of God.
Sherman Alexie
Believe me
Make anybody
The existence
God
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But we danced, under wigs and between unfinished walls, through broken promises and around empty cupboards.
Sherman Alexie
We danced
Under wig
Unfinished wall
Broken promises
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In the middle of a crazy and drunk life, you have to hang onto the good and sober moments tightly.
Sherman Alexie
The middle
Drunk life
The good
Sober moments
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It's not oil that runs the world, it's shame.
Sherman Alexie
Not oil
That runs
The world
It's shame
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Estranged from the tribe that gives no protection, What happens to the soul that hates its reflection?
Sherman Alexie
Estranged from
The tribe
No protection
The soul
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I ain't interested in the truth. I'm interested in the way things should be.
Sherman Alexie
Interested
The truth
The way
Things
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But I'm also addicted to books. And I know there has never been a human being or a television show, no matter how great, that could measure up to a great book.
Sherman Alexie
Also addicted
Books
Human being
Television show
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Funny how a little politeness can change people's minds.
Sherman Alexie
Funny how
Little politeness
Can change
People's mind
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