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James A. Michener Quotes

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American Novelist February 3, 1907 – October 16, 1997

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I can no longer take war or promotion or big income or a large house seriously. I reject empire and Vietnam and placing a man on the moon. I deny time payments and looking like the girl next door and church weddings and a great deal more. If you want to blame such rejection on grass, you can do so. I charge it to awakening. James A. Michener
[Very rich people] with brains make a great effort to hold on to every penny they have while preaching to the general population that freedom and dignity and patriotism are possible only under their protection; in this way they elicit the support of the very people they hold in subjection. James A. Michener
James A. Michener quote: "Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them."
Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them. James A. Michener
The really great writers are people like Emily Bronte who sit in a room and write out of their limited experience and unlimited imagination. James A. Michener
James A. Michener quote: "When this is over, I'm not going to be the same guy. I'm going..."
When this is over, I'm not going to be the same guy. I'm going to live as if I were a great man. James A. Michener
I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains. James A. Michener

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