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James A. Michener Quotes

For this is the journey that men and women make, to find themselves. If they fail in this, it doesn't matter much else what they find.

James A. Michener

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: February 3, 1907 - October 16, 1997

Topics

Women Journey Men Find Matter Fail

Pick the one thing that you've really been putting off, that seems too big or too scary or too whatever, and do it this week. You might be very pleasantly surprised.

Week You Scary Whatever Big Off

People say I've gone against Hollywood, but I've tried to be independent within Hollywood, tried to be my own person.

People Person Say Hollywood My Own

If you cannot have fun on a set and enjoy what you're doing, you're better off giving it up.

John Rhys-Davies

Fun Have Fun Better Giving Doing Up

The Clippers are more valuable in Los Angeles. It's a phenomenal city, a phenomenal market, phenomenal everything.

City Los Angeles More Everything Los

I am not a superstitious person.

I Am Person Am Superstitious

If you have small-government, traditional values, you may be considered by your own leadership to be an enemy of the state.

Leadership You Values Enemy Own May

There's a tendency to fall into certain habits, but if you tell yourself not to do that and if you don't stay there too long - I think if you start staying for too long, you tend to fall into certain bad habits, and I tried not to do that.

Yourself Start Think You Fall Bad

I'm a little self-conscious about my body. I love to wear hoodies because you can get cozy and eat some food and your belly doesn't show!

Jared Padalecki

Love Food You Body Cozy Eat

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are ridiculous-looking - especially her. They're so strange and charismatic and weird. It's pretty hard to take your eyes off them.

Chelsea Handler

Eyes Weird Strange Hard Pretty Take

I've often been accused of making anthropology into literature, but anthropology is also field research. Writing is central to it.

Clifford Geertz

Research Writing Literature Been

I have been trying to retire to the back of the camera for quite a few years, and in 1970, when I first started directing, I said, 'If I could pull this off, I can some day move to the back of the camera and stay there.'

Day Camera Trying Back I Can Said

I think the media can be a very positive influence by essentially holding people to task about the importance of high quality medical care. And when the media is scrutinizing you, then I think that's a very good, positive thing for the field of medicine.

Positive Good Quality Medical People

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