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James A. Michener Quotes

America is a nation with many flaws that only the stupid would deny, but with hopes so vast that only the cowardly would refuse to acknowledge them.

James A. Michener

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Stupid America Flaws Nation Hopes

I don't think of gay writers. I mean if you were to say to me who are the straight writers, well, you wouldn't ask me that question. So for me to identify a little tribe of gay writers, I don't know.

Me Think You Gay Know Say

I did take comfort in the vespers and compline. I might have become a monk if I hadn't come out.

John Cameron Mitchell

Comfort Become Out Monk Take Come

There are those on Wall Street and in the plutocracy who feel that Geithner is a hero who deftly steered the country from economic ruin. To many ordinary Americans, however, he is considered a Wall Street puppet and a servant of the so-called banksters.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

Hero Feel Country Wall Street Ruin

I'm a huge fan of Blu-rays myself.

Myself Fan Huge Fan Huge

No writer must be measured by a word or paragraph. He is to be measured by his work - by the tendency, not of one line, but by the tendency of all.

Robert Green Ingersoll

Work Line Must Paragraph Measured

Come join us; see the reality of what I have to do to achieve what I achieve. There are no cutting corners.

Reality Achieve See Us Come Join

Well, I'm used to rubbing shoulders with crooks and criminals.

Shoulders Used Well Criminals Crooks

I would cry after losses when I was a kid and pout. But I played like that.

Cry Kid Losses Would Like Pout

For me, the association with rock is one of force and anger and aggression. And definitely, in the past, I've made songs that attack like that. But what I usually try to appeal to is peoples' everyday feelings, the things that they're going through as they deal with the system on a one-to-one level.

Past Anger Me Feelings Rock Try

I wasn't even aware that there are different styles of taxidermy, traditional and rogue. I wound up really liking the rogue stuff the most, just because it is more artistic and people can go anywhere with it. That stuff I really liked. Honestly, I would have liked to buy some of those pieces.

People Go Just Because More Up Buy

When you campaign and have to participate in so many debates just to the win the nomination of your party, you've had a lot of practice. You get to figure out as you go from one debate to another where you made your mistakes. By the time you get to the big debate you're pretty polished.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Time Mistakes Practice Win You Go

As you get older and gain more experience, you're able to do multiple things. You don't necessarily have to focus so hard on your performance in order to have a good one.

Good Experience Focus Performance

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