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I loved the house the way you would any new house, because it is p

I loved the house the way you would any new house, because it is populated by your future, the family of children who will fill it with noise or chaos and satisfying busy pleasures. – Jane Smiley

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Somehow, knowing that Alzheimers is coming mocks all ones aspirations – to tell stories, to think through certain issues as only a novel can do, to be recognised for ones accomplishments and hard work – in a way that old familiar death does not. – Jane Smiley

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Death
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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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Nature
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All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome. – George Orwell

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By failing seriously to confront the most predicable economic crisis in our nations history, the Presidents policies are committing us and our children to a diminished future. – Paul Ryan

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Future

Whether they run a record company or a grocery store, every boss will tell you youre in big trouble if youre borrowing more than you can ever afford to pay back. Delaying the pain for future generations is suicidal. Weve got to start getting the deficit down right now, not next year. – Simon Cowell

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Future

If we want to deliver opportunity for all, we need an economy that delivers jobs for the future. – John Major

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Future

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I think its great that we have organisations like Greenpeace. In a pluralistic society, we want to have people who point out all the problems that the Earth could encounter. But we need to understand that they are not presenting a full and rounded view. – Bjorn Lomborg

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