James A. Michener

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

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Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries

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Public libraries have been a mainstay of my life. They represent an individual's right to acquire knowledge; they are the sinews that bind civilized societies the world over. Without libraries, I would be a pauper, intellectually and spiritually

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Being goal-oriented instead of self-oriented is crucial. I know so many people who want to be writers. But let me tell you, they really don't want to be writers. They want to have been writers. They wish they had a book in print. They don't want to go through the work of getting the damn book out. There is a huge difference

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We seek God so earnestly, Eliav reflected, not to find Him but to discover ourselves