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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Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
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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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I liked it so much, I bought the company
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Can thought be silent?
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I think it is up to the judge to say what the Constitution provided, even if what it provided is not the best answer, even if you think it should be amended. If that's what it says, that's what it says.
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Talking to John Kerry is like talking to an Ent. You know, the tree people from Lord of the Rings...imitating an Ent I believe that all Americans should have affordable healthcare...
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No matter what you do, people are gonna try to emulate you. Whether it's a dunk by Michael Jordan or a swing by Ken Griffey Jr., kids are doing the same things.
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I have three grandchildren and am hoping for 20.
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Baths are my favorite thing. I can have two, three a day.
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I like hats that make the heart beat faster.
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In a healthy nation there is a kind of dramatic balance between the will of the people and the government, which prevents its degeneration into tyranny.
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Sincerity is that whereby self-completion is effected, and its way is that by which man must direct himself.
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If what you're writing is genuine, regardless of whether it sounds cliche or people wouldn't necessarily think it's the most brilliant metaphor in the world, it's always important to be genuine with what you're writing; at least, that's how I feel.
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As Fallingwater demonstrates, Wright's genius was always specific, but also always lively, always daring.
