"I had the feeling I was going to……" — Sherman Alexie

"I had the feeling I was going to be successful, and I didn't want to be another disappointing Indian."

— Sherman Alexie

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178 Quotes by Sherman Alexie

Sherman Alexie has 178 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I felt so conflicted about having fled the rez as a kid that I created a whole literary career that…
Don't live up to your stereotypes.
When you read a piece of writing that you admire, send a note of thanks to the author.
I don't know what any individual should do about crossing her own borders. I only know that I live a…
I was a controversial figure on my reservation when I was a kid. I was mouthy and opinionated and arrogant.…
If I wasn't writing poems I'd be washing my hands all the time.
My only purpose is to teach children to rebel against authority figures.
The dream he needed most was the dream that frightened him more.
We all know the Indians were colonized by the Europeans, but every colonized Indian has been colonized by the Indian…
In the middle of the night, when you're ambiguously ethnic, like me, when you're brown, beige, mauve, siena, one of…
Sixty percent of all Indians live in urban areas, but nobody's writing about them. They're really an underrepresented population, and…
I think that white women are more apt to read laterally. So I think there's some strong identification for women,…

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More Disappointing Quotes

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When it comes to personnel issues, I act professionally and respectful of former employees. I just assume that's a two-way… — Michele Bachmann
Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing. — Bernard Baruch
We think that democracy can change a lot of things, but we're being fooled, because democracy is not the election.… — Gael Garcia Bernal
You're always a little disappointing in person because you can't be the edited essence of yourself. — Mel Brooks
I've always said that the experience of meeting an artist that you are in awe of and that you hope… — Sandra Bullock
Here I am at the turn of the millennium and I'm still the last man to have walked on the… — Gene Cernan
Poets and songwriters speak highly of spring as one of the great joys of life in the temperate zone, but… — Barbara Holland
As for disappointing them I should not so much mind; but I can't abide to disappoint myself. — Oliver Goldsmith
Less disappointing than life, great works of art do not begin by giving us all their best. — Marcel Proust
Milestones you'd like to reach before retiring? Not really. Because when I began it was never to reach 100 games… — LaVell Edwards
Easter is so disappointing. You suffer all the way through lent, and what do you get for it? A ham. — Garrison Keillor
On girls night in we talk about dating; the ups and downs of the previous week. Our collective laughter is… — Cilla Black

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