"If you let people into your life a little bit, they can be pretty damn amazing."

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Source : FaceBook post by Sherman Alexie from Sep 01, 2015

Sherman Alexie

#Inspiring Quotes #People Quotes #Littles Quotes

“We must destroy all which in the present school answers to the organization of constraint, the artificial surroundings by which children are separated from nature and life, the intellectual and moral discipline made use of to impose ready-made ideas upon them, beliefs which deprave and annihilate natural bent.”
“Heaven is high, Earth Wide. Bitter between them flies my sorrow.”
“The history of science shows that the progress of science has constantly been hampered by the tyrannical influence of certain conceptions that finally came to be considered as dogma. For this reason, it is proper to submit periodically to a very searching examination, principles that we have come to assume without any more discussion.”
“I don't speak anything very well. The longer that you travel, you find out that you really don't even need to speak the language to get around and get things done, to live in those places. If you're somewhat resourceful and perceptive, you're pretty much going to know what's going on because human nature is human nature: they understand it, you understand it, and it works.”

Source : "An Interview with Alan Bishop". believermag.com. July 1, 2008.
“The world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion.”
“Do you force your kids to pay attention to what's going on, or do you let them live their lives outside of it? My hope is that my child is a strong activist. That would make me most proud.”
“Life should be lived so vividly and so intensely that thoughts of another life, or of a longer life, are not necessary.”

Source : Marjory Stoneman Douglas, John Rothchild (1990). “Marjory Stoneman Douglas: Voice of the River”, p.258, Pineapple Press Inc
“I believe in 3D for certain kinds of films. I certainly believe in using 3D for all things in animation because animation has such clarity and so much depth of focus. It worked great with 'Avatar' because 70 percent of that film is animated.”

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