James Clavell Quotes
Now the sun touched the horizon and the man reined in his horse tiredly, glad that the time for prayer had come.
Quotes to Explore
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We are asleep with compasses in our hands.
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You might think the thinner version of yourself is going to be the most positive or confident, but that's not how it is for me. When I'm over 200 pounds, that's when I'm the most confident version of myself.
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I just want to be part of great stories that are told and for them to be relevant.
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Salaries and wages must reflect the reality of the enterprise's economic performance; deviations from the planned performance should be reflected in pay.
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Pictures must not be too picturesque.
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Atrial fibrillation has been the low man on the totem pole and so we're just trying to get more visibility about this particular disease and how dangerous this could be.
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Power in politics, sovereignty in America is with we the people, and that is the path to turning this country around: empowering the people.
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I love working with a cast and a group of people every day, which is different than recording because you're usually pretty isolated and alone. They serve as a good balance for each other.
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The key to fashion is, you don't want to look like you're trying. You've gotta be natural.
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I live the way I want to live, and I don't comment on the way that other people live.
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I have the attention span of a mosquito from multitasking and all the things that have affected my poor little brain.
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I've been doing musical theater since I was a kid. And look for a CD from me in the future. I want to write all the songs!
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Toronto is exploding with cyclists, with more and more people wanting to cycle and being turned off driving because of the incredible congestion. Biking is a much more efficient way of getting around, and you get there faster.
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America needs to understand Islam, because this is the one religion that erases from its society the race problem. Throughout my travels in the Muslim world, I have met, talked to, even eaten with people who in America would have been considered 'white,' but the 'white' attitude had been removed from their minds by the religion of Islam.
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I was a hacker of sorts. Not a mind 'reader,' exactly; more a mind 'radar,' in tune with the workings of the aether. I could sense the nuances of dreamscapes and rogue spirits. Things outside myself. Things the average voyant wouldn't feel.
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Whether labeled as such or not, I think every book I've ever written has been, more or less, a romantic suspense. I have always put tremendous effort into making each book a page turner: The harder it is for the reader to put it down, the better I've done my job.
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Every animal has his or her story, his or her thoughts, daydreams, and interests. All feel joy and love, pain and fear, as we now know beyond any shadow of a doubt. All deserve that the human animal afford them the respect of being cared for with great consideration for those interests or left in peace.
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I failed chemistry. I almost failed algebra.
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I was an accomplished computer trespasser. I don't consider myself a thief. I copied without permission.
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What does God want me to do with the resources, time, and talents He has given me?
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When I wrote my first book, I was too scared to find out how people got books published. I was convinced that you needed some sort of magical potion that I didn't have.
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One of the unique things is that whether we were out at sea or in the middle of the water tank, a lot of times you just couldn't leave. Especially when we were out at sea.
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Go poor Devil, get thee gone, why should I hurt thee? - This world surely is wide enough to hold both thee and me.
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Now the sun touched the horizon and the man reined in his horse tiredly, glad that the time for prayer had come.
