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Is human nature basically good or evil? No economist can embark up

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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When I came home for the summer after my first year of college, I told my mother that my best friend and I were driving to California. She laughed out loud – 2,000 miles in a what? Well, my best friend had an old Chevy. What could go wrong? – Jane Smiley

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Vets do what doctors used to – diagnose the injury or the condition, patch it up as best they can and remind you that these things happen and that in life we are also in the midst of death. – Jane Smiley

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Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder. – Carl Sandburg

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I can enjoy society in a room; but out of doors, nature is company enough for me. – William Hazlitt (1778–1830)

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Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd. – Baruch Spinoza

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The willow is my favorite tree. I grew up near one. Its the most flexible tree in nature and nothing can break it – no wind, no elements, it can bend and withstand anything. – Pink

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