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“The first treasure California began to surrender after the Gold Rush as the oldest: her land.” quote by John Jakes — Download Open image

“The first treasure California began to surrender after the Gold Rush as the oldest: her land.”

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“Why did people ignore the lessons of history and their own senses, deny a law of life immutable as the seasons, and erect twisted barriers against it in their minds? He didn't know why, but they did. They wept for the goodness of half-imaginary yesterdays, yesterdays beyond altering, instead of anticipating and helping to shape the good of possible tomorrows.…

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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.

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No writer should minimize the factor that affects everyone, but is beyond control: luck.

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Be persistent. Editors change; tastes change; editorial markets change. Too many beginning writers give up too easily.

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We are all dying of life.

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Spend as much time as you can with your mouth shut and your eyes and ears open.

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Everyone in California is from somewhere else.

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Even with clothing naked animals, there were people who wanted to send in money. A woman in Santa Barbara, California, sent a $40,000 check.…

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We need to incorporate that age-old concept of redemption into the work that we do in the criminal justice system in California.

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The Urban Literate Southern California Sub-Group of the Early Atomic Period has not yet produced a distinct body of folk music of its own.

California is a place in which a boom mentality and a sense of Chekhovian loss meet in uneasy suspension.

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Many militarists would like to see California's votes vanish from the national electoral system, which would then become more Republican.

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When I started in California, people would say, 'Enterprise who?'

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These French-style caramels are handmade in California. It's always hard to give them away!

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The D.C. playbook is obsolete. It's time for the people of California to bring the agenda to Washington, not the other way around.

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While there is an attempt by the Trump people to say that California isn't really America. California certainly seems like America to me.

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I'm from California, but my father, who passed away when I was young, was from Newark. When I was kid, we would go back…

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