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Letter "J" » James A. Michener Quotes
«I was a Navy officer writing about Navy problems and I simply stole this lovely Army nurse and popped her into a Navy uniform, where she has done very well for herself.»
«An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it»
«If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home»
«Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.»
Author: James A. Michener
«There are no insoluble problems. Only time-consuming ones.»
«It takes courage to know when you ought to be afraid.»
«I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains.»
«Unless you think you can do better than Tolstoy, we don't need you»
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«I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter.»
Author: James A. Michener
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«They were a group of two dozen nurses completely surrounded by 100,000 unattached American men.»
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