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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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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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In December 1998, I considered myself an expert on love. I was almost a year into a relationship, one that had grown more slowly than I had wished, but once it flowered it was much more stimulating than any marriage or relationship I had known. – 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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If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature. – Julian Assange

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

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There are times as a parent when you realize that your job is not to be the parent you always imagined youd be, the parent you always wished you had. Your job is to be the parent your child needs, given the particulars of his or her own life and nature. – Ayelet Waldman

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Great things are done when men and mountains meet. This is not done by jostling in the street. – William Blake

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It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire and many things to fear. – Francis Bacon

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By and by… there are more and more gaps of silence. Through those gaps, windows will open to the divine. – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

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Given a little time, regulation regulates nothing. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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I never had a cool older brother or sister to turn me on to cool music. I had to discover it for myself. – Tony Kanal

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