James A. Michener Quotes
If there was a turning point for me, it was 'The Bridges at Toko-Ri.' It is a very fine short novel. But it gave me very little satisfaction. Really. I decided I wasn't going to go down that avenue.
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I've had the good fortune of studying the 17th-century art of Amsterdam in preparation for a film.
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Did anyone ever have a boring dream?
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I rarely went to the mosque, I never fasted, and I only prayed namaaz on the holy nights because my mom bugged me about it.
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I'm like a sight gag.
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We all know and we all perceive Christian Dior in a very specific way.
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Venus favors the bold.
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Have I seen The Commitments? I was obsessed with that movie. I just watched it again about two weeks ago.
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In India, therapy is not part of the culture; it has not become such a big need.
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What seems like a crazy idea today eventually grows. It's a 'with hindsight' thing. One day, someone will turn around and say, 'That was genius.'
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Ford was warm and friendly. He wouldn't embarrass a Cabinet member.
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No one even knows one percent of the fabulous history of Man; but thanks to history, we know about occurrences that go beyond the limits of the imaginable.
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Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment.
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Today I join the greatest players that played the game. It is a great feeling being here.
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It's not just the physical aspect of boxing, it's the whole fighter mentality that has been ingrained in me through the years as a competitive athlete. One of the hardest things you'll ever do is to box - to get into the ring and to face off with somebody whose whole goal is to knock you out, to hurt you, and to be able to fight back.
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The summer before I started college, my parents walked everywhere instead of taking the bus. Once a week, they would hand over $10 to the university housing office, a deposit so I could move into the dorms in the fall.
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I don't cook. I love to eat. I love to go to the restaurants.
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One characteristic that I hope I never relinquish is an intense curiosity about the world around me.
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I do try to shop online and support people who hand-make their stuff, and because you can find stuff that nobody else has.
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We're Jews, my family, and Jews break down into two distinct subcultures: book Jews and money Jews. We were money Jews.
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Drawing makes you see things clearer, and clearer and clearer still, until your eyes ache.
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I had always thought, for 'Roman Empire,' I would love to do the death of Marcus Aurelius in the snow. One morning I woke up, and it was really snowing.
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We were not allowed to say, Screw, but we could say, Hump the hostess, because hump is in Shakespeare.
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I commanded an Army unit, and I placed the highest priority on a commander's authority to lead, manage, and discipline the men and women under his or her command within the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
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If there was a turning point for me, it was 'The Bridges at Toko-Ri.' It is a very fine short novel. But it gave me very little satisfaction. Really. I decided I wasn't going to go down that avenue.
