James A. Michener Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Most modern science fiction went to school on 'Dune.' Even 'Harry Potter' with its 'boy protagonist who has not yet grown into his destiny' shares a common theme. When I read it for the first time, I felt like I had learned another language, mastered a new culture, adopted a new religion.
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In America, as opposed to the old country, success was based on merit.
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I think that a lot of women that know they're going to be part of history somehow decide to have a character to be remembered by.
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I have always been an avid reader of chemical literature, eager for what is new.
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I don't think about the future. I don't think about the past. I just think of what comes into my head at the time. So that might be about the past, that might be about the future. Or, the present.
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I don't think the space station will ever do anything for exploration. Putting people up there for a year or more is the only way you will get anywhere near the exploration concept.
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If I had a gun to my head and I had to choose between theater and film I'd choose theater.
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I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse.
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There's been a big buzz about the Charlatans in the last couple of years. I've heard the word Charlatans more in the last few years than I'd heard it for the previous 20 years. People would interview me for years and never even mention the Charlatans.
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I'm not afraid to call a wine that tastes like Skittles or green peppers mixed with orange marmalade. I'll say, 'It tastes like chicken.' I mean, that's not what people think of when they think of wine, but that's what it tastes like to me and it hits home.
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I hope that what you take away from my album is not just the music - which I did want to be fun, and I did want it to be about individuality, but please also take away from it that there's no dream that's too big.
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I'm obsessive. That's the word for me. I obsess – perhaps to the point where it's moderately dysfunctional. I tend to put a book through about 100 revisions. If anything, that's an understatement. If there's another author out there who does this sort of revision, I would really like to meet him. Maybe we could form some sort of support group.
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I do take this insane pleasure in world-building. I get the world in my head, but I have to make sure everyone else gets it.
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When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
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I would love to do some more comedy. I would love to do some silliness. I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability.
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I know everyone in the Philippines is happy.
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I invite people to read the hundreds of positive articles instead of getting affected by the occasional outburst from a troll.
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I only photograph myself at poignant moments in my life as a check of where I am and how large my thighs are.
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I think it's better to have your personal life and your work life separate. That way they don't corrupt each other, so to speak.
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If language is not rectified, words do not correspond to meaning, and if words do not correspond to meaning, our deeds cannot be accomplished.
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At my aunt's funeral, I promised myself that I wouldn't be bound by the belief that I'm supposed to stay in anything - whether it's a relationship, a job, a house, or a circumstance - if it makes me miserable. She gave me the courage to find my own happiness.
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As President Trump quickly moved to limit immigration, civil rights, and environmental protections, I felt fear for my young children, and guilt, too - as if I'd somehow betrayed the unspoken contract all parents make to give our children a better life than ourselves.
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It takes courage to know when you ought to be afraid.
