"I was a controversial figure on my reservation……" — Sherman Alexie
"I was a controversial figure on my reservation when I was a kid. I was mouthy and opinionated and arrogant. Nothing has changed."
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178 Quotes by Sherman Alexie
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I felt so conflicted about having fled the rez as a kid that I created a whole literary career that…
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Don't live up to your stereotypes.
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When you read a piece of writing that you admire, send a note of thanks to the author.
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I don't know what any individual should do about crossing her own borders. I only know that I live a…
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If I wasn't writing poems I'd be washing my hands all the time.
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My only purpose is to teach children to rebel against authority figures.
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The dream he needed most was the dream that frightened him more.
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We all know the Indians were colonized by the Europeans, but every colonized Indian has been colonized by the Indian…
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In the middle of the night, when you're ambiguously ethnic, like me, when you're brown, beige, mauve, siena, one of…
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Sixty percent of all Indians live in urban areas, but nobody's writing about them. They're really an underrepresented population, and…
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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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My career means, if you're a non-Indian writing about Indians, at least there's one Indian in your rearview mirror.
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More Arrogant Quotes
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I never went to university. I'm self-educated. I didn't go because I was too impatient, too arrogant.
— John Banville
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No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
— Simone de Beauvoir
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Not trying to be arrogant, but if I walked down the street and a girl saw me, she might take…
— Justin Bieber
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I don't expect people to get me. That would be quite arrogant. I think there are a lot of people…
— Bjork
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It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose.
— Tony Blair
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Brian Cox is the nicest guy, but he's so arrogant.
— Danny Boyle
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If America is too arrogant, too prideful to repent, it's not the kind of country that God wants it to…
— Tony Campolo
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Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead.…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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I don't believe in talking about my work. I let it speak for itself. I'd rather make money than just…
— Shailender Singh
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Microsoft has gotten so big that it can put out a Preview that will install itself without checking first to…
— Jerry Pournelle
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If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.
— Sun Tzu
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If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him.…
— Sun Tzu
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