Quote by Jane Smiley
I was an only child. Ive known only children. From this experience

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

Other quotes by Jane Smiley

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

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War
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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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Fear
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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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Experience
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When you make a commitment to a relationship, you invest your attention and energy in it more profoundly because you now experience ownership of that relationship. – Barbara de Angelis

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Experience teaches us that we do not always receive the blessings we ask for in prayer. – Mary Baker Eddy

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Experience

The years teach much which the days never know. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Experience

With Good Will Hunting, Miramax made certain the recruited audience wasnt expecting to laugh at Robin Williams like they normally do. From my limited experience, you can really blow test screenings by conducting them in the wrong way. – Gus Van Sant

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The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth. – James Thurber

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Culture is one thing and varnish is another. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Culture

My greatest fear is disappointing the reader, so each book has to be better than the one before. – Anthony Horowitz

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Fear

You go to college not only for the latest knowledge but also to meet people from different backgrounds. Thats the genius of the American higher-education system compared with the Europeans. We dont simply skim the elite. – Donna Shalala

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Knowledge