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the difference between a rebel and a patriot depends upon who is in power at the moment.
Sidney Sheldon
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Sidney Sheldon
Age: 89 †
Born: 1917
Born: February 11
Died: 2007
Died: January 30
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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.
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Writing novels is the most exciting
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Surely you’ve been sent from the heavens to teach us mortals what beauty is.
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I go to great lengths to make certain situations feel right to the reader.
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We’re flimflam artists. But remember, sonny, you can’t con people unless they’re greedy to begin with. W. C. Fields had it right. You can’t cheat an honest man.
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you are my sun, and if the sun went out, the shadow would die.
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When they die, no one will ever know that they lived on this earth.
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I think that's because believable action is based on authenticity, and accuracy is very important to me. I always spend time researching my novels, exploring the customs and attitudes of the county I'm using for their setting.
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It's bEtter tO hAte me 4 whO i Am,thAn tO lUv 4 wAt i'm pretNdng tO bE.
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Nothing lasts forever
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I'm sure that whatever changed is only temporary. It will change again.
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He believed nothing he was told and trusted no one.
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Abraham Lincoln because he was a man filled with great compassion who believed that all men are created free and equal, and was not afraid to stand on that platform. The way Lincoln lived his life has served me well in mine.
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I like to write about women who are talented and capable, but most important, retain their femininity. Women have tremendous power - their femininity, because men can't do without it.
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A blank piece of paper is God's way of telling us how hard it is to be God.
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I try to give both my heroes and villains an emotional dimensionality which provides the motivation for their actions.
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