James A. Michener Quotes

When I first pitched my Navy tent on the island of Espiritu Santo to the north of Vila, the natives on nearby Malakula were cannibals. Today, they have representation in the United Nations.

James A. Michener

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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It takes two hands to clap.

Jiang Zemin

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It's a beautiful thing when you come to fight week and you know that you haven't cut any corners.

Andre Ward

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Some things hit close to home with people, and it's going to be hard to tell someone who lost somebody on 9/11 that a 9/11 joke is funny.

Michael Che

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I'm a really good cook. I bake a lot. I cook dinner most nights. I cook everything from Italian food to Mexican food. But if I'm going to some place and it's a potluck, I'm always the one to bring dessert!

Amanda Schull

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People are amazed that I do comedy. I always did comedy.

Sigourney Weaver

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The greatest king of Israel, King David, the author of the Psalms, sent a man out to die in battle so that he could sleep with his wife.

Robert Duvall

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Israel's discourse with the United States on the subject of Iran's nuclear project is more significant, and more fraught, than it is with Europe. The U.S. has made efforts to stiffen sanctions against Iran and to mobilize countries like Russia and China to apply sanctions in exchange for substantial American concessions.

Ronen Bergman

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I am the Love that dare not speak its name.

Lord Alfred Douglas

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If you lived in a provincial town like Torre Annunziata, where there was nothing to do in the evening but go to the movies with your friends, the cinema was a world of fantasy. I had always been in love with it.

Dino De Laurentiis

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This whole cloud phenomenon is gaining steam pretty rapidly, and it's really become a strategic imperative for people.

Diane Greene

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I think it's one thing to be able to dance, and it's another thing to learn all the wonderful moments of dance because in my day... it was the moving of dance.

Debbie Reynolds

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I always try to work hard and get things done as soon as possible, but never at the loss of quality of the product.

Chet Faker

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