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'm like a sight gag.
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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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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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I love the film route and I'm gong to try my hardest to stay on it.
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He was always there when I needed him and someone I could talk too and argue with. In a Freudian way he was the father I never had. For me, partners were like father figures most of the time.
Nastassja Kinski -
I would not have been here if I was not from a political family.
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I don't know if I'm striving for anything that I can put into words.
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I've always felt, in all my books, that there's a deep decency in the American people and a native intelligence - providing they have the facts, providing they have the information.
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Odd, how different different men’s fears could be.
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I think every character I've ever come up with has been based on someone or something I've known.
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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.
