James A. Michener Quotes

Very early on in life, I decided the hell with it: material things weren't for me. Christmas would come, and other kids would have all these presents, and it wouldn't bother me a bit.

James A. Michener

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeMeHellEarlyMaterial Things

I've always been very girly.

Jennifer Lopez

AlwaysBeenGirlyVery

I do love history. I loved learning about wars and things in school.

Matt Lanter

LoveLearningHistorySchoolLoved

The world is hugely unequal.

Angus Deaton

WorldUnequalHugely

All movies assault the viewer in one way or another.

Michael Haneke

MoviesWayOne WayAssaultAnother

We believe infrastructure is key to economic growth, and we will do what we can to develop infrastructure in India.

Soren Skou

GrowthBelieveKeyIndiaWill

America can't stop talking about Donald Trump. Even if we want to look away, we just can't.

Tom Steyer

AmericaTalkingLookStopWantJust

I love going to black churches, and I love some of these black preachers. The best preacher I ever saw in my life was a 93-year-old in a black church in Hamilton, Virginia. What a preacher!

Robert Duvall

LifeLoveBestBlackChurchMy Life

That's just what I want to do: Create a path that's unknown. It's hard in this business and this world we live in to trail-blaze. To create something different and do your own thing is hard nowadays. That's what I want to do. I want to take these matches to a whole new level and break that bar.

Roman Reigns

LiveBusinessPathWorldCreateNew

The simplest and cheapest of all reforms within institutional science is to switch from the passive to the active voice in writing about science.

Rupert Sheldrake

ScienceWritingVoiceActiveWithin

To say that I have an undisciplined mind would not be incorrect overall, but it's a little off the mark because I have great discipline when I write - but only for about ten minutes.

Roseanne Barr

GreatDisciplineMindSayWriteOff

I personally love a cliffhanger - I think it just extends the pleasure of viewing.

Mireille Enos

LoveThinkPleasureJustPersonally

Those who can bear all can dare all.

Luc de Clapiers

DareBearWhoThose

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