8 Quotes & Sayings By John Jakes

John Jakes is a best-selling author of more than 50 novels. His books have been translated into over forty languages and have sold over 50 million copies worldwide. Jakes has written the "Dear John" series, the "McBride" series, and the "Baby-Sitters Club" series. He is also one of the founders of the National Speakers Association and has conducted seminars for world leaders such as Presidents Reagan and Carter, Prime Ministers Thatcher and Giscard d'Estaing, and many other distinguished guests

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The best that could be left behind by any man: children who had been brought up to behave responsibly and to believe in something beyond their own self gratification. (The Americans John Jakes
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Human beings may be inconsistent, but human nature is true to itself John Jakes
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He could never be anything more than what he was: the inheritor of weakness and unbridled emotion, a creature possessed by the past, and carrying its curse forever into the future-- John Jakes
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I have always had a special affinity for libraries and librarians, for the most obvious reasons. I love books. (One of my first Jobs was shelving books at a branch of the Chicago Public Library.) Libraries are a pillar of any society. I believe our lack of attention to funding and caring for them properly in the United States has a direct bearing on problems of literacy, productivity, and our inability to compete in today's world. Libraries are everyman's free university. John Jakes
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–and I say you still haven't answered my question, Father Bleu.""Haven't I, dear lady? I thought I stated that death is merely the beginning John Jakes
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Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe, shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish. John Jakes
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No writer should minimize the factor that affects everyone but is beyond control: luck. John Jakes