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Arthur Jr. spent the first seventeen years of his life in Jackson Ward, though his family circumstances changed dramatically in 1947, when his father found steady employment with the city of Richmond as a park manager and security guard in
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“Write a short story every week. It's not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row.”
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“What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think.”
― Self-Reliance: An Excerpt from Collected Essays, First Series
― Self-Reliance: An Excerpt from Collected Essays, First Series
“People are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound."—As A Man Thinketh”
― Day by Day With James Allen
― Day by Day With James Allen
“Renew your resolution daily, and in the hour of temptation do not depart from the right path.”
― JAMES ALLEN'S BOOK OF MEDITATIONS FOR EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR
― JAMES ALLEN'S BOOK OF MEDITATIONS FOR EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR
“There is no friend as loyal as a book.”
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