Sherman Alexie Quotes

You want the good life? You live where white people live, you go to school where white people go to school, and you shop where white people shop.

Sherman Alexie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeGoodLiveSchoolPeopleYou

I only eat healthy food, and I only want healthy love!

Jillian Michaels

LoveFoodHealthyWantEatOnly

I've got the most beautiful district. I can understand why Republicans want it.

Joe Garcia

BeautifulI CanWantWhyUnderstand

My friends and family are not really fixated on the specifics of 'Star Wars.' My parents don't know anything about 'Star Wars.' They've never watched a 'Star Wars' film.

John Boyega

FamilyFriends And FamilyParents

The UN Commission on Human Rights, whose membership in recent years has included countries - such as Libya and Sudan - which have deplorable human rights records, and the recent Oil-for-Food scandal, are just a few examples of why reform is so imperative.

John Linder

WhyHumanYearsRightsHuman Rights

When I went home at 20 to tell my parents, 'I don't want to be an engineer, I want to try and write books,' I was braced for, 'That's not gonna happen.' But I didn't get that response, and maybe it was because of my dad's experience of having an artistic dream and having to put it aside.

Michael Connelly

HomeExperienceParentsDreamWant

I used to spend my time more on process than strategy. Now, I prioritize my time around strategy, people, and process.

Stacy Brown-Philpot

TimePeopleProcessStrategyNow

Certainly in my own body of reporting, I was very acutely aware of the risk of any mischaracterized journalism and the need for anything I put out to be absolutely bulletproof.

Ronan Farrow

JournalismBodyRiskMy OwnNeed

I have to be absolutely drawn to the project. If you're ashamed or bored by it at the beginning, it's going to be a pretty nightmarish thing.

Rupert Friend

BeginningYouProjectBoredAshamed

We fall forward to succeed.

Mary Kay Ash

SuccessSucceedForwardFall

Philosophy is not a theory but an activity.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

PhilosophyTheoryActivity

I know what it feels like to be an outsider.

Judith Light

KnowOutsiderLikeFeels

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

Colin Powell

YesterdayPersonTrySame

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