Sherman Alexie Quotes

The people who loved me when I was seven years old love my books, and the people who didn't like me when I was seven years old don't like my books.

Sherman Alexie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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LovePeopleMeLovedOldYears

My attitude goes back to my childhood. I used to audition for theatrical roles, and you can't stand out in a room full of ambitious eight-year-old girls by acting the wallflower. I realised then that I couldn't do things half-heartedly.

Jessie J

AttitudeChildhoodStandYouActing

When the period arrives - come when it may - that this government will be compelled to resort to internal taxes for its support in time of peace, it will mark one of the most difficult and dangerous stages through which it is destined to pass.

John C. Calhoun

TimePeaceGovernmentSupportWill

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.

Andre Gide

FearMonstersWhoFewVeryThem

Without qualification, I am grateful to and have the highest regard and respect for all of the wonderful people on 'Two and Half Men' with whom I have worked and over the past ten years who have become an extension of my family.

Angus T. Jones

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The ultimate goal of the architect...is to create a paradise. Every house, every product of architecture... should be a fruit of our endeavour to build an earthly paradise for people.

Alvar Aalto

ArchitecturePeopleFruitHouseGoal

You can be stern and forthright, and that's my management style, but when you lose it totally, that's a sign of weakness.

Jon Huntsman, Jr.

StyleManagementWeaknessYouLose

I love my mom so much, and I always have, but I was definitely a monster to her a lot during my teen years.

Dove Cameron

LoveTeenMomAlwaysYearsMonster

There is a difference between a consumer - who passively receives the information that they are spoon fed - and a citizen - who engages with society, asks questions, does research, and works towards making a difference in their neighborhood, city, and country.

Chelsea Manning

CityResearchSocietyQuestions

On 'Queer Eye' I come in with what I know, and I try to parlay that into lessons for our 'heroes.' But that's really listening to what they need. Sometimes it's a little more ambitious. Sometimes it's very simplistic. But it's got to be something that's condensed into a short amount of time.

Antoni Porowski

TimeListeningEyeShortSometimes

It's about not going to the well all the time. The body has limits. The mind has limits, too.

Ashton Eaton

TimeMindLimitsBodyGoingWell

We hold that what one man cannot morally do, a million men cannot morally do, and government, representing many millions of men, cannot do.

Auberon Herbert

MenManGovernmentHoldMillion

There have been artists who've sold out arenas one year, and the next they can't fill a theatre. There's always more to achieve.

Shawn Mendes

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