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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»
Author: James A. Michener | About: Age | Keywords: An Age, dark ages
«If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home»
Author: James A. Michener | About: Food | Keywords: customs, reject
«Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.»
«There are no insoluble problems. Only time-consuming ones.»
«It takes courage to know when you ought to be afraid.»
Author: James A. Michener | About: Courage, Fear
«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»
Author: James A. Michener | Keywords: Tolstoy
«I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter.»
Author: James A. Michener | Keywords: rewriter
«They were a group of two dozen nurses completely surrounded by 100,000 unattached American men.»

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