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Sherman Alexie

"He sang 'Stairway to Heaven' in four different languages but never knew where that staircase stood."

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"He sang 'Stairway to Heaven' in four different languages but never knew where that staircase stood."

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"The majority of people on earth are ignorant of what their time should be used for."

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"A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance."

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"Attachment-abhorrence is an 'effect' and ignorance (of the self) is the 'cause'!"

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"Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects."

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"If God created great things with a point of vulnerability, it would lie in the reality that great things die in the hands of great ignorance."

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"Abhorrence towards bitter circumstances and attachment towards sweet ones is the nature of agnan (ignorance of the self). Bitter and sweet will not exist if agnan (ignorance of the self) leaves."

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"Ignore ignorance. The ultimate way to deal with men with ignorant mentality who are ignorance of your purpose on earth is to ignore their ignorance, capitalize on their ignorance and let them appreciate your purpose in awe and admiration."

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"The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance."

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"Ignorance is avoiding that which stands in front of me out of the misplaced hope that it will put what I'm ignoring behind me. Instead, it's most certain to drop it on top of me."

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"You don't know it... but you can play dumb - right!?"

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