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Isn't it amazing that we’ll cause ourselves more pain by thinking about, and avoiding something we’re afraid of, or something we know we must deal with, but don't want to face? The best thing you can do is just do it, just face the fear and get it over with. How do you get the courage? You create your courage by just taking action…


James A. Murphy

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JAMES A. GARFIELD If there is one thing upon this earth that mankind love and admire better than another, it is a bra...
JAMES A. GARFIELD Instruction does not prevent waste of time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best ...
JAMES A. FROUDE Moving a magazine is like ordering 100,000 gallons of alphabet soup, to go. Last week, in Manhattan,...
JAMES A. LINEN In minor crises, the preacher can extract himself emotionally and allow others to express grief and ...
JAMES A. FORBES Hawaii and Fiji are two of the best island groups in the world to visit as a vacationer. The great h...
JAMES A. MICHENER I want to be an honest man and a good writer.
JAMES A. BALDWIN I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter.
JAMES A. MICHENER Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.
JAMES A. GARFIELD By assuming control of Platinum before the expiration of the required waiting period while the Justi...
CHARLES A. JAMES And no invader has ever conquered the heart of Poland, that spirit which is the inheritance of sons ...
JAMES A. MICHENER This conduct prematurely reduced competition between the companies. Merging parties must strictly ad...
CHARLES A. JAMES The Occupy Wall Street project feels like a burning ember that might light the torch of justice and ...
JAMES A. FORBES Education is indoctrination if you're white - subjugation if you're black.
JAMES A. BALDWIN The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become one's ...
JAMES A. BALDWIN The really great writers are people like Emily Brontë who sit in a room and write out of their limi...
JAMES A. MICHENER The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life com...
JAMES A. MICHENER It takes courage to know when you ought to be afraid.
JAMES A. MICHENER I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter.
JAMES A. MICHENER Long before I fell in love with writing, I fell in love with reading. Sometimes, honestly, I feel li...
JAMES A. MOORE If I were a young man today, I might be lured into the moviemaking industry. You can really make a s...
JAMES A. MICHENER a soldier lives always for the next battle, because he knows that before it arrives impossible chang...
JAMES A. MICHENER I am the product of the American education system. It is a system that has always been on the lookou...
JAMES A. MICHENER I am a poor hater.
JAMES A. GARFIELD I have only one bit of advice to the beginning writer: Be sure your novel is read by Rodgers and Ham...
JAMES A. MICHENER The ideal college is Mark Hopkins on one end of a log and a student on the other.
JAMES A. GARFIELD The arrogance of the artist is a very profound thing, and it fortifies you.
JAMES A. MICHENER