#t

When you're on the road, there's no time for second chances and messing yourself up. ↗

— Shaun Alexander

#messing #road #second #second chances #time

Without bragging, I've been blessed to have five of the greatest statistical years for a running back. ↗

— Shaun Alexander

#been #blessed #bragging #five #greatest

I felt so conflicted about having fled the rez as a kid that I created a whole literary career that left me there. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#career #created #felt #fled #having

I was a controversial figure on my reservation when I was a kid. I was mouthy and opinionated and arrogant. Nothing has changed. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#changed #controversial #figure #i #kid

Sixty percent of all Indians live in urban areas, but nobody's writing about them. They're really an underrepresented population, and the ironic thing is very, very few of those we call Native American writers actually grew up on reservations, and yet most of their work is about reservations. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#actually #american #american writers #areas #call

I don't know what any individual should do about crossing her own borders. I only know that I live a happier, more adventurous life, by crossing borders. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#adventurous #any #borders #crossing #happier

Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not tremble. ↗

— Vittorio Alfieri

#laws #need #them #tremble #where

When you read a piece of writing that you admire, send a note of thanks to the author. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#admire #author #note #piece #read

All art is exploitation. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#exploitation

But the real interesting stuff is in the cellar and the attic. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#cellar #interesting #interesting stuff #real #stuff