My father was a basketball player, so I loved basketball because he did. It was a direct transference. … - Sherman Alexie

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Dad had a sign of his own. MY BEAUTIFUL FAMILY, it read, and then underneath that (AND GUS).

Sherman Alexie

My father was a basketball player, so I loved basketball because he did. It was a direct transference. But, more than that, basketball, in the United States at least, plays the same function that soccer does everyone else in the world. It's the sport of poverty. It's the sport born of poverty. It's the cheapest sport.

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I write books for teenagers because I vividly remember what it felt like to be a teen facing everyday and epic dangers. I don't write to protect them. It's far too late for that. I write to give them weapons-in the form of words and ideas-that will help them fight their monsters. I write in blood because I remember what it felt like to bleed.

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Since Jesus was human then he most assuredly farted and burped. And if God did create us in God's image then God must fart and burp as well.

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If I wasn't writing poems I'd be washing my hands all the time.

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Life is a constant struggle between being an individual and being a member of the community.

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My only purpose is to teach children to rebel against authority figures.

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