Quote by Jane Smiley
There can never be such a thing as a free market, because it is hu

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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I learned why out riding alone is an oxymoron: An equestrian is never alone, is always sensing the other being, the mysterious but also understandable living being that is the horse. – Jane Smiley

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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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Nature
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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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We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us. – Albert Einstein

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Speech is human nature itself, with none of the artificiality of written language. – Alfred North Whitehead

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Nature

Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so that each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry. – Richard P. Feynman

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Nature

The fans know whats happened to me over the past couple of years. I lost my family. I pretty much got devastated financially and the fans know that Ive had some hard times – and thats the nature of loyal fans. They want to see the people that they love and believe in get back on their feet. – Hulk Hogan

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I think Ill always be famous. I just hope I dont become infamous. – Cee Lo Green

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Gardening is a kind of disease. It infects you, you cannot escape it. When you go visiting, your eyes rove about the garden; you interrupt the serious cocktail drinking because of an irresistible impulse to get up and pull a weed. – Lewis Gannit

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Thank you is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding. – Alice Walker

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The aquamarine… has the glassy tint of the waves of the sea. – Charles Blanc, Art in Ornament and Dress, 1875, translated from French

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