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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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I think that the Cold War was an exceptional and unnecessary piece of cruelty. – Jane Smiley

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War
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I learned why out riding alone is an oxymoron: An equestrian is never alone, is always sensing the other being, the mysterious but also understandable living being that is the horse. – Jane Smiley

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alone
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I have lived long enough to satisfy both nature and glory. – Julius Caesar

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Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished. – Francis Bacon

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Human nature is what Heaven supplies. – Xun Zi

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Ayurveda is a sister philosophy to yoga. It is the science of life or longevity and it teaches about the power and the cycles of nature, as well as the elements. – Christy Turlington

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Freedom from fear could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights. – Dag Hammarskjold

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The fear of the never-ending onslaught of gizmos and gadgets is nothing new. The radio, the telephone, Facebook – each of these inventions changed the world. Each of them scared the heck out of an older generation. And each of them was invented by people who were in their 20s. – Daniel H. Wilson

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Comedy deflates the sense precisely so that the underlying lubricity and malice may bubble to the surface. – Paul Goodman

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In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors, for, from the time of Jefferson onward, the doctrine that all men are equal applies only upwards, not downwards. – Bertrand Russell

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