John Jakes Quotes

The house burned an hour before midnight on the last day of April. The wild, distant ringing of the fire bells woke George Hazard. He stumbled through the dark hallway, then upstairs to the mansion tower, and stepped outside into the narrow balcony.

John Jakes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 31, 1932

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When suffering from TBI and PTSD, it's difficult to find the motivation to seek help. I want society not to forget those that served this country.

Max Martini

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The fastest manned vehicle in history was Apollo 10. It reached 25,000 mph.

Stephen Hawking

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I started making music professionally when I was 14.

Sky Ferreira

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I think only a woman understands another woman's body.

Trinny Woodall

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I am a comic writer, which means I get to slay the dragons, and shoot the bull.

Rita Mae Brown

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Forgiveness is indifference. Forgiveness is impossible while love lasts.

Mary Boykin Chesnut

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The nuclear deal with Iran's radical clerics and their military junta is the most dangerous and potentially deadly action that the Obama administration has yet taken.

Mike Pompeo

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I truly believe that God brought this, Dorothy Day script to me, because for a long time up until I was in eight grade - I wanted to be a nun.

Moira Kelly

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I find it so unattractive when women wear sneakers with their business suits. I wear a nice pair of loafers or low-heeled pumps, and that's that.

Mireille Guiliano

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We are living longer, and we need to live better.

Donna Shalala

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Some of the greatest reality television we ever had was the moon landings. When you think about it, that was human emotion and people, unscripted, working with each other - and millions and millions of people around the world, glued to their television sets to share real-time in a brand new, fascinating human experience.

Chris Hadfield

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As I get older, I tend to put more into family than I used to.

Clint Eastwood

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