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My mom was paranoid about my safety. - Jane Smiley

My mom was paranoid about my safety. – 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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Fear
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Jane Smiley
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In the traditional urban novel, there is only survival or not. The suburban idea, the conformist idea, that agony can be seen to and cured by doctors or psychoanalysis or self-knowledge is nowhere to be found in the city. Talking is a way of life, but it is not a cure. Same with religion. – Jane Smiley

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Religion
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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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Death
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mom
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When I moved out of my moms house at 18 I was almost as sad to leave her sewing machine behind as anything else. – Beth Ditto

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mom

My mom and I have always been really close. Shes always been the friend that was always there. There were times when, in middle school and junior high, I didnt have a lot of friends. But my mom was always my friend. Always. – Taylor Swift

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mom

My mom calls me an older soul because, growing up, she taught me stuff real early. Now I spend most of my time chasing wisdom, chasing understanding. – Ray Lewis

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mom

My mom was at every single game I played as a kid, rain or shine. – Ryne Sandberg

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mom

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The greater the step forward in knowledge, the greater is the one taken backward in search of wisdom. – Stephen Gardiner

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From one casual of mine he picked this sentence. After dinner, the men moved into the living room. I explained to the professor that this was Rosss way of giving the men time to push back their chairs and stand up. There must, as we know, be a comma after every move, made by men, on this earth. – James Thurber

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