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

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There can never be such a thing as a free market, because it is human nature to cheat, monopolize, and buy off others so as to corner the market. – Jane Smiley

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No 27-year-old has the experience to run a company that does a quarter of a billion dollars a year in sales. – Calvin Klein

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In youth we learn; in age we understand. – Marie Ebner-Eschenbach

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The more you are getting older, you lose a little something. Of course there is another advantage, because of your long experience you can use it. – Haile Gebrselassie

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Sure, I suffered a lot. But its not like the end of the world and its not who I am. I lead quite a pleasant life and Im able to divorce a perceived reality from my actual experience of life. – Ben Affleck

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