Sherman Alexie Quotes

The form I most enjoy writing is the sonnet or sonnet-like forms, where you have a - you know, three stanzas or two stanzas that lead into a concluding couplet.

Sherman Alexie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 7, 1966

Topics

WritingEnjoyYouKnowThreeLead

I am very sure that my children thrive on structure and need boundaries. I know my children need to know what time they are going to bed or how many more minutes until they are leaving for school, and so I have imposed a structure that allows them to know where they are all day long, every day in life.

Jessica Seinfeld

LifeChildrenTimeDaySchoolI Am

Criminal cases require strategy, and prosecutors should attempt to prove only what can be proved.

Robert Shapiro

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I was trying to be improving my game, being more aggressive, and not just playing from the defensive end.

Angelique Kerber

GameEndTryingAggressiveMore

People also leave presence in a place even when they are no longer there.

Andy Goldsworthy

PeoplePlacePresenceLeaveEven

What you should worry about is how you suffer here on this planet. You do not worry about suffering after you make the exit.

Rodrigo Duterte

SufferingWorryYouExitPlanetHow

I've never been pigeonholed and I've experienced so many different kinds of skin - what man will do and won't do, what you should do and shouldn't do. This is what's exciting about being an actor; where philosophy majors sit in classrooms or write books about human behavior, we're actually acting them out in front of cameras.

Ron Perlman

ManBehaviorPhilosophyYouActing

I love watching people, guessing what they are going to do next. I'm no Derren Brown, but I love that people stuff. Maybe that's why I'm an actor.

Michael Socha

LovePeopleWhyActorWatchingNext

I studied English literature in university, and then I went straight into radio.

Miriam Margolyes

LiteratureRadioUniversityEnglish

In general, the threshold for a woman becoming worried at how she's coming off in terms of asserting her power, that threshold is continually lower than it is for men.

Janet Varney

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We are biological creatures. We are born, we live, we die. There is no transcendent purpose to existence. At best we are creatures of reason, and by using reason we can cure ourselves of emotional excess. Purged of both hope and fear, we find courage in the face of helplessness, insignificance and uncertainty.

Jonathan Sacks

FearLiveHopeCourageBestPurpose

If you botch a handoff or stutter step in a relay, then your team has to make up that lost time. It's always you versus the clock.

Donovan Bailey

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I'm more athletic than people think.

Chris Borland

PeopleThinkMoreThanAthletic

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