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If to live is to progress, if you are lucky, from foolishness to w

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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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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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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Mom was a smoker. My grandfather was a smoker. My aunts were smokers. My uncles were smokers. I dont know any smokers now, not even my mom. – Jane Smiley

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If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. – Abraham Maslow

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The truest wisdom is a resolute determination. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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True wisdom listens more, talks less and can get along with all types of people. – Kiana Tom

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Just as a fire is covered by smoke and a mirror is obscured by dust, just as the embryo rests deep within the womb, wisdom is hidden by selfish desire. – Bhagavad Gita

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The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked what I thought, and attended to my answer. – Henry David Thoreau

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