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James A. Michener

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An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.


— James A. Michener


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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.


— James A. Michener


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Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them.


— James A. Michener


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I think the crucial thing in the writing career is to find what you want to do and how you fit in. What somebody else does is of no concern whatever except as an interesting variation.


— James A. Michener


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If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.


— James A. Michener


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He went to Harvard for a one-year teaching stint from 1939 to 1940 and left teaching to join Macmillan PubliJames A. Michenerrs as their social studies education editor. [citation needed]
Michener's novel Sayonara is quasi-autobiographical. The Purpose of the Society is to:
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: /ˈmɪtʃnər/; February 3 1907 – October 16 1997) was an American author of more than 40 titles the majority of which were sweeping sagas covering the lives of many generations in particular geographic locales and incorporating historical facts into the stories. Return to Paradise combines fictional short stories with Michener's factual descriptions of the Pacific areas where they take place.

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