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

Other quotes by Jane Smiley

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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When a novel has 200,000 words, then it is possible for the reader to experience 200,000 delights, and to turn back to the first page of the book and experience them all over again, perhaps more intensely. – Jane Smiley

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Experience
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Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within. – Alfred Lord Tennyson

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Nature

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder. – Carl Sandburg

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Nature

Human nature is above all things lazy. – Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Nature

In the state of nature profit is the measure of right. – Thomas Hobbes

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Nature

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Chess is ruthless: youve got to be prepared to kill people. – Nigel Short

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