Jane Smiley Quotes
As Fallingwater demonstrates, Wright's genius was always specific, but also always lively, always daring.
Quotes to Explore
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The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.
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'Make You Miss Me' is an important song to me. Having it go No. 1 as the fifth single off of my first record is the cherry on top of a chapter in my life I'll never forget.
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The Tea Party movement went off on a more extreme agenda that I did not support at all, and was very frustrated by it, to the point that not only did I change parties, I decided to do something about it and run for Congress.
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I like to argue with the radio.
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The threat to Russia isn't liberal Europe or America. It is nonliberal Islam and nonliberal China. Russia has to change. It can't be otherwise. It will take time. You have to be patient.
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I think I realized early on that my family wasn't like other families.
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Just as judges have enormous stake in the appointment of judicial officers in the higher judiciary, the government has an equal stake. Since both of us have stakes in the appointment of members of the higher judiciary, the consultation of both of them is absolutely necessary. The government must have a say.
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Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
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The margin between success and drama is fractional.
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Gold medals are made out of your sweat, blood and tears, and effort in the gym every day, and sacrificing a lot.
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Whenever I write something, I always want to make sure that what I write is defensible.
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I learned to interpret the ancient pictograph codices and read Nahuatl, the Aztec language.
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I learned a lot from that first record and I learned a lot from my experiences touring, but really the biggest education I got over the past two years was learning the importance of arrangements.
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Just a reminder, what other people think of you is none of your business.1.
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10. Even in intake, the one steadfast thought is said to be the natural state. Nirvikalpa Samadhi will result when the sensory objects are not present.
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I bow my head to the love shown by the public in Vadodara. Each voter worked like Narendra Modi. You completed a very big responsibility.
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I liked it so much, I bought the company
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What would you suggest I do? Give everything away and walk the streets? The Buddhist says, 'Get rid of the possessions of the mind.' Walking away from all the money would not accomplish that. It's like the Beatles. I couldn't walk away from the Beatles. That's one possession that's still tagging along, right?
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Can thought be silent?
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'Skins' has been such a great thing for our generation - I don't want it to become a parody of itself.
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Dying people don't need medicine, the ones who remain do.
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I love seeing Houston. Houston has a great style and energy.
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As Fallingwater demonstrates, Wright's genius was always specific, but also always lively, always daring.
