Quote by Jane Smiley
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 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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Somehow, knowing that Alzheimers is coming mocks all ones aspirations – to tell stories, to think through certain issues as only a novel can do, to be recognised for ones accomplishments and hard work – in a way that old familiar death does not. – Jane Smiley

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Death
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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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Nature
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I am not bound for any public place, but for ground of my own where I have planted vines and orchard trees, and in the heat of the day climbed up into the healing shadow of the woods. Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in a cup. – Wendell Berry

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Nature

Nature chooses who will be transgender individuals dont choose this. – Mercedes Ruehl

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Nature

We talk of our mastery of nature, which sounds very grand but the fact is we respectfully adapt ourselves, first, to her ways. – Clarence Day

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Nature

Ill walk where my own nature would be leading: It vexes me to choose another guide. – Emily Bronte

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Nature

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God cannot alter the past, but historians can. – Samuel Butler

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History

I apologize for being obvious, but every time I watch the curtain come down on even a halfway decent production of a Shakespeare play I feel a little sorrowful that Ill never know the man, or any man of such warm intelligence. – Ian Mcewan

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Intelligence

Truth is not determined by majority vote. – Doug Gwyn

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Election Day

I love photo sessions. Im alone, Im the queen, everyones taking care of me. – Eva Herzigova

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alone