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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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Religious hatreds ought not to be propagated at all, but certainly not on a tax-exempt basis.
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I am terrified of restrictive religious doctrine, having learned from history that when men who adhere to any form of it are in control, common men like me are in peril.
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If I were a young man, I would not hesitate at writing anything to get into print, except pornography.
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If a man happens to find himself, he has a mansion which he can inhabit with dignity all the days of his life.
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