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English majors understand human nature better than economists do.

English majors understand human nature better than economists do. – Jane Smiley

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If to live is to progress, if you are lucky, from foolishness to wisdom, then to write novels is to broadcast the various stages of your foolishness. – Jane Smiley

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Wisdom
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Mom was a smoker. My grandfather was a smoker. My aunts were smokers. My uncles were smokers. I dont know any smokers now, not even my mom. – Jane Smiley

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mom
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The thing about Republicans is that they dont care so much about respect, but they love fear, at least in others. – Jane Smiley

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Fear
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Other Quotes from
Nature
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Nature is the master of talents genius is the master of nature. – J. G. Holland

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Nature

Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Nature

That we find a crystal or a poppy beautiful means that we are less alone, that we are more deeply inserted into existence than the course of a single life would lead us to believe. – John Berger, The Sense of Sight, 1980

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Nature

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong. – Winston Churchill

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Nature

Random Quotes

There is no sincerer love than the love of food. – George Bernard Shaw

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Food

I am very proud to come back, to speak on the disinterested effort we have made and I believe that, with all due respect, that the decisions we made, when we turned our final report over to President Johnson, will stand in history. – John Sherman Cooper

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respect

I wear my wedding ring. We talk about when were going to get married again, which we hope is going to take place some time in this incredibly hectic calendar year. – Jim Lampley

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wedding

Although filmmaking is collaborative and involves trust, ultimately it is the director who holds the whole picture together in their head. – Julia Leigh

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Trust