James A. Michener Quotes
I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains.
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In general, I find that for videos the acting is more realistic.
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When I was, like, 16, I went in to the head of Disney, and I hadn't taken acting class really at all, and I didn't know what I was doing, and it was really embarrassing. Of course, you think Disney wants over-the-top and funny, and I was just trying to be over-the-top and funny, and it just wasn't working, and that was the worst.
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I think I developed language skills to deal with threat. It's the girl thing to do-you know, instead of pulling out a gun.
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I think I'm a bit odd.
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Sometimes I don't understand why I'm sitting here.
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I just thought any workout that is effective and I can do while laying down I'm signing up for.
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Avoid war, because that always pushes human beings backward.
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
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The vegetable life does not content itself with casting from the flower or the tree a single seed, but it fills the air and earth with a prodigality of seeds, that, if thousands perish, thousands may plant themselves, that hundreds may come up, that tens may live to maturity; that, at least one may replace the parent.
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Time was God's first creation.
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Our soldiers show every single day that they are more than good enough.
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I think I'm like a free spirit.
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Vatican II was a force that seized the mind of the Roman Catholic Church and carried it across centuries from the 13th to the 20th.
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Looking beautiful isn't just about what you apply on your face. It's the little things you do that matter. A combination of a good diet, exercise, healthy habits, discipline, dancing etc. is what my beauty routine consists of. Also, I have no bad habits; I don't drink or smoke. All these contribute to me being fit and looking good.
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A man that ain't willin' to cheat for a poke don't want it bad enough.
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On certain, delicate subjects, bringing in outsiders to talk about values is pertinent because pupils listen to them more attentively.
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The country of Britain is wonderful because of its royalty.
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There's nothing funnier than the human animal.
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Sometimes I get an idea for cinema. And when you get an idea that you fall in love with, this is a glorious day.
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Let us rejoice and let us sing and dance and ring in the new: Hail Atlantis!
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Sometimes you will do a close-up for a scene in the morning where you are totally distraught, then shoot the rest of that scene seven hours later. How do you hang on to that feeling all day without burning up, without going so far that you have nothing left to give when the cameras roll again?
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I was never a singer; I can't play any instruments; I had no training. Plus, I was brought up in a time when all the great rock stars were male. I didn't have any template for what I was doing. I did what I did out of frustration and concern.
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I recognise that, while I was fortunate enough to grow up without any discrimination or stigma attached at all, other people haven't been so lucky.
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I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains.
