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Quote by James Michener
If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and

If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home. – James Michener

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I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions. – James Michener

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America is a nation with many flaws, but hopes so vast that only the cowardly would refuse to acknowledge them. – James Michener

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An age is called “dark,” not because the light fails to shine but because people refuse to see it. – James Michener

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The local is a shabby thing. Theres nothing worse than bringing us back down to our own little corner, our own territory, the radiant promiscuity of the face to face. A culture which has taken the risk of the universal, must perish by the universal. – Jean Baudrillard

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I travel a lot to promote the perfumes and to do the commercials. – Gabriela Sabatini

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I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled the difference between the two being this, that we wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment. – Hilaire Belloc

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I cant wait to start something up myself that is actually about giving unsigned bands the exposure they deserve, especially when they travel so far to play the smallest gig theyve ever played in their lives. – Dan Hawkins

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But presidential approval also became a surrogate measure of national unity and patriotism. – Thomas E. Mann

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This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, theres a layer of people who run everything. But we –were just peasants. We dont understand whats going on, and we cant do anything. – Doris Lessing

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Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog. – Doug Larson

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