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  1. An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it. James A. Michener. War, Failure, Ignorance. James A. Michener “SPACE”. 34 Copy quote. If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home. James A. Michener.

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      "Poland" by James A. Michener, (p.587), 1983. [The church's]...

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  2. 502 quotes from James A. Michener: 'I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.', 'If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion, and avoid the people, you might better stay home.', and 'Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.'.

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    In 1948 I addressed some students at Washington and Lee University, and in the question-answer period one young man observed with asperity, "But it's easy for you to write. You've traveled."

    Rice Krispies happens to be one of my favorite junk foods, just as I regard Michener as superior among junk writers.

  3. James A. Michener Quotes. Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries. If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home. Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them.

  4. James Michener, American novelist and short-story writer who, perhaps more than any other single author, made foreign environments accessible to Americans through fiction. Best known for his novels, he wrote epic and detailed works classified as fictional documentaries.

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  5. James Albert Michener ( / ˈmɪtʃənər / or / ˈmɪtʃnər /; [2] February 3, 1907 – October 16, 1997) was an American writer. He wrote more than 40 books, most of which were long, fictional family sagas covering the lives of many generations, set in particular geographic locales and incorporating detailed history. Many of his works were ...

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  7. Oct 16, 1997 · James A. Michener. James Albert Michener is best known for his sweeping multi-generation historical fiction sagas, usually focusing on and titled after a particular geographical region. His first novel, Tales of the South Pacific , which inspired the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific, won the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

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