Quote by Jane Smiley
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

Other quotes by Jane Smiley

In December 1998, I considered myself an expert on love. I was almost a year into a relationship, one that had grown more slowly than I had wished, but once it flowered it was much more stimulating than any marriage or relationship I had known. – Jane Smiley

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Marriage
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I was an only child. Ive known only children. From this experience, I do believe that the children should outnumber the parents. – Jane Smiley

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Experience
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Experience
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These are tough times and under this Tory-led government many people in Manchester are suffering and getting left behind. If elected I will use all my energy, skills, experience and knowledge to stand up for our communities and get things done for the better. – Lucy Powell

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Experience

Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust. – Karl Kraus

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Experience

Theres no experience like on-the-job training. – Hank Azaria

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Experience

We have two lives — the one we learn with and the life we live after that. – Bernard Malamud, The Natural

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Experience

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It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen. – Herodotus

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Its pretty cool to see how far music can take you. – Luke Bryan

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cool

If one man in the country could take all the money, what was the use of passing any bills about it? – Davy Crockett

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I had to resign myself, many years ago, that Im not too articulate when it comes to explaining how I feel about things. But my music does it for me, it really does. – David Bowie

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