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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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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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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We are going to sign a treaty with Mexico. We are competing internationally. We need another international airport for international cargo, international travel, international businesses. – Richard M. Daley

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Movie acting is a great job for your twenties: You travel all over, you have affairs with people, and you throw yourself into one part and then another. It gets more challenging as you get older, and its not just having a daughter, its wanting to have your own life and be yourself. – Helen Hunt

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Through the years, a man peoples a space with images of provinces, kingdoms, mountains, bays, ships, islands, fishes, rooms, tools, stars, horses and people. Shortly before his death, he discovers that the patient labyrinth of lines traces the image of his own face. – Jorge Luis Borges

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When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money. – Susan Heller

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I jetset around and play these songs and get to hang with some pretty amazing people, then I go home to a really great farm, though actually its a disaster area of a farm at the moment. But its certainly a blast. I wouldnt trade lives with anyone right now. – Brad Paisley

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I remember being in Hollywood at the age of 16 and marveling at the stars. The idea of being part of it never entered my mind. It was too far-fetched. – Bryan Adams

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I hate big government, but I really hate a government that doesnt work. So when they say we either have to raise taxes or cut core services, its actually a false choice. – Scott Walker

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When he is in the room with other persons, speech stops, as if there were a corpse in the apartment. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1838 journal, about Jones Very

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