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The decent thing to do is to get rid of some of this money.
James A. Michener
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James A. Michener
Age: 90 †
Born: 1907
Born: February 3
Died: 1997
Died: October 16
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Military Officer
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New York City
New York
James Albert Michener
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No man leaves where he is and seeks a distant place unless he is in some respect a failure.
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I was once asked if I'd like to meet the president of a certain country. I said, No, but I'd love to meet some sheepherders. The sheepherders, farmers and taxi drivers are often the most interesting people.
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An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.
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America is a nation with many flaws, but hopes so vast that only the cowardly would refuse to acknowledge them.
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The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to reality.
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As a writer I have persisted in my uncertainty, alternating between novels which could charitably be considered literature and world reporting which by another stretch of objective standards might be called history.
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It is difficult to be king when the gods are changing.
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The job of a storyteller is to tell stories, and I have concentrated on that obligation.
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