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Proverbs, and Sayings
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Sherman Alexie Quote
 | “Each pursues his own theory, little solicitous to correct or improve it by an attention to what is advanced by his opponents.” ―Thomas Malthus Source/Notes: An Essay on The Principle of Population (1798), Chapter I |
 | “Most of the trouble in the world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has.” ―William S. Burroughs Source/Notes: The Adding Machine: Selected Essays (1985), The Name is Burroughs |
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 | Source/Notes: (Leslie T. Lyall. A Passion for the Impossible: The Continuing Story of the Mission Hudson Taylor Began. London: OMF Books, 1965, 37.) |
Sherman Alexie
Born: October 7, 1966 (age 52)
Nationality: American
Occupation: Writer, poet, novelist, screenwriter, filmmaker
Bio: Sherman Joseph Alexie, Jr. is a poet, writer, filmmaker, and occasional comedian. Much of his writing draws on his experiences as a Native American growing up on the Spokane Indian reservation. He currently lives in Seattle, Washington.
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“...we no longer have intellectually satisfying arrangements in our educational system, in our arts, humanities or anything else; instead we have slogans and ideologies. An ideology is a religious or emotional expression; it is not an intellectual expression.”
