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> [Probably the most honest "self-made person" ever was the one we heard say: "I got to the top the hard way - fighting my own laziness and ignorance every step of the way."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-alexander-thom/probably-the-most-honest-self-made-person-ever-was-the-one-we-heard/)

[James Alexander Thom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-alexander-thom/)

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## More by James Alexander Thom

> [Whether a character in your novel is full of choler, bile, phlegm, blood or plain old buffalo chips, the fire of life is in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-alexander-thom/whether-a-character-in-your-novel-is-full-of-choler-bile-phlegm-blood/)

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> [Aphorism, n.: A concise, clever statement you don’t think of until too late.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-alexander-thom/aphorism-n-a-concise-clever-statement-you-don-t-think-of-until-too/)

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> [“He remembered another one of his mother's saying. It was back when she'd birthed Fanny, her tenth. Someone had siad it was about time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-alexander-thom/he-remembered-another-one-of-his-mother-s-saying-it-was-back-when-she/)

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> [For every time we regret keeping still, there are about ten times we regret speaking up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-alexander-thom/for-every-time-we-regret-keeping-still-there-are-about-ten-times-we/)

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> [“But then he remembered what George had told him about pain. You know what you can do, even if your body says quit. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-alexander-thom/but-then-he-remembered-what-george-had-told-him-about-pain-you-know/)

[James Alexander Thom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-alexander-thom/)

> [“Once upon a time it was now.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-alexander-thom/once-upon-a-time-it-was-now/)

[James Alexander Thom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-alexander-thom/)

> [Probably the most honest "self-made person" ever was the one we heard say: "I got to the top the hard way - fighting my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-alexander-thom/probably-the-most-honest-self-made-person-ever-was-the-one-we-heard/)

[James Alexander Thom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-alexander-thom/)

> [Too often we seek justice for just us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-alexander-thom/too-often-we-seek-justice-for-just-us/)

[James Alexander Thom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-alexander-thom/)

> [We pick bygone time up by the handfuls and, like clay, see if it feels right and then form it into stories about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-alexander-thom/we-pick-bygone-time-up-by-the-handfuls-and-like-clay-see-if-it-feels/)

[James Alexander Thom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-alexander-thom/)

> [To read Lucia St. Clair Robson is to learn while being thoroughly entertained. Last Train from Cuernavaca puts us through the tragic violence and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-alexander-thom/to-read-lucia-st-clair-robson-is-to-learn-while-being-thoroughly/)

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> [If there is a rumor in the air about you, you'd better treat it as you would a wasp: either ignore it or kill…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-alexander-thom/if-there-is-a-rumor-in-the-air-about-you-you-d-better-treat-it-as-you/)

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