James A. Michener Quotes
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As with the onset of sudden celebrity, for the newly rich, the world often becomes a darker, narrower, less generous place; a paradox that elicits scant sympathy, but is nonetheless true.
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A lot of people said I was a rebel. I wasn't.
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I spent half my life being hurt. The leftovers of hurt are an automatic gesture, like a dog that salivates.
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I like rap. I like anything with soul. I like anything you can feel, anything that makes you think that the artist had to make that song, or they were going to go crazy.
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Until now, I was insecure and I believed what the people around me said in regarding what I should sing.
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What I'm interested in is the fascinating image of young leaders... you know, young people leading in different fields. You see athletes and people in gymnastics, where the requirement is that you are supple and very, very young... 11... and by the time you're 14, you're already over the hill.
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
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Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.
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I've never worn fur, either. I'm a naturally squeamish person, and fur smells like dead animal to me.
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Each song is a small universe to me. Each song has a story of its own. Each has a full life to express in order to be complete, so it often happens that the building to a big crescendo feels right in the recording or writing process.
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Blockchain technology isn't just a more efficient way to settle securities. It will fundamentally change market structures, and maybe even the architecture of the Internet itself.
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Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?
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You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.
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Like any small business owner, I experienced the pressures of building a company from the ground up - developing a business plan, balancing the books, meeting payroll and building a customer base.
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I come from a dysfunctional family, so my views of parents and parenting used to be highly mixed.
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Life experience is not something to be denied, but to be celebrated.
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True intelligence requires fabulous imagination.
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I oscillate between being cynical and being naive on a regular basis. I always think that not much shocks me until something much too obvious does.
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If I am just, like, on a run by myself, I've never been stopped. Even if I'm at Target buying my own action figure, people would not believe that it's me. I actually was like, 'This is me!'
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I was bullied by a few people who were much older than me. I went to camp to learn boxing. I was 12, and my coach was 24. I felt like if I could fight him, I could stand up to anyone.
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There's always going to be controversy when you write the way I write.
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You cannot be loving when you are blaming. You cannot be loving when you are criticising. You cannot be loving when you are judging.
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You think in a different way when you don't have any money. The joy of poverty is that you use your imagination to come up with stuff.
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I'm just a guy up on a hill writing.
