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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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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I welcome the Democrats' ideas on Social Security. I think it is very important to make a bipartisan reform.
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Orson Welles's second 'I-did-it' should show once and for all that film making, radio and the stage are three different guys better kept separated. 'The Magnificent Ambersons' is one of those versions of the richest family in town during the good old days.
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I am honest; I speak the truth, and I sometimes probably go overboard and speak my mind.
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If anyone wants to know what the definition of 'dope' means, it's: 'Definition of Public Enemy.'
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Desirelessness towards the seen and the unseen gives the consciousness of mastery.
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For me, already being part of a single parent household and knowing it was just me and my mom, you'd would wake up times and hope that the next day you'd be able to be alongside your mother because she was out trying to make sure that I was taken care of. But all I cared about was her being home.
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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.
