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If there is any secret to my success, I think it's that my characters are very real to me. I feel everything they feel, and therefore I think my readers care about them.
Sidney Sheldon
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Sidney Sheldon
Age: 89 †
Born: 1917
Born: February 11
Died: 2007
Died: January 30
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the difference between a rebel and a patriot depends upon who is in power at the moment.
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When they die, no one will ever know that they lived on this earth.
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...but ready or not,life goes on.
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Surely you’ve been sent from the heavens to teach us mortals what beauty is.
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She undressed slowly, dreamily, and when she was naked, she selected a bright red negligee to wear so that the blood would not show.
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