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In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire

In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it. – Jane Smiley

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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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Is human nature basically good or evil? No economist can embark upon his profession without considering this question, and yet they all seem to. And they all seem to think human nature is basically good, or they wouldnt be surprised by the effects of deregulation. – Jane Smiley

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The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation. – Isaac DIsraeli

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Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play. – Immanuel Kant

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The sole substitute for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through is art and literature. – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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Acting is not a mystery. Theres nothing that I know that other actors dont know. We all act, were all actors, we all know the same thing. The only thing that separates us is experience. – Vincent DOnofrio

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