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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I love seeing tattoos on 60-year-olds who have had them for 40 years.
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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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If you're going to go out doing something, you might as well be fighting for your country or fighting for your life.
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It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.
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If I were to write Web now, it would be a much, much darker book.
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Terror increases the need for attachment, even if the source of comfort is also the source of terror.
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ONE OF THE first things the Nazis did was to distribute 100,000 free radio sets to the Austrian Christians. Where did they get these radios? From us, of course. Right after the Anschluss, the Jews were required to turn in their typewriters and their radios, the idea being that if we could not communicate with each other or the outside world, we would be isolated and more easily terrorized and manipulated. It was a good idea. It worked well.
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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.
