Jane Smiley Quotes
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 wouldn't be surprised by the effects of deregulation.
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If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.
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It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'
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I think I would encourage leaders to start working with communities in order to inoculate angry, young teenagers.
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It's very hard to maintain focus in the gym.
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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I feel very, very, very intent on only releasing things that I believe are fully worthy.
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We shook up the industry with our landscape-changing deal to acquire Time Warner, the logical next step in our strategy to bring together world-class content with best-in-class distribution which will drive innovation and more choice for consumers.
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I remember my very first audition for a film. I was in Seattle. They were taping the session, and I just went crazy. The director finally said, 'Zoe, what are you doing? The camera's right here. Just talk to me.' And it took that director saying that to me to change everything.
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More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.
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Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work.
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I want to be in the small percentage of women who don't settle for conventional roles.
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Like art and politics, gangsterism is a very important avenue of assimilation into society.
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The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.
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It should be known that Israel is based on treachery.
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People with water-borne diseases occupy more than 50% of hospital beds across the world. Does the answer lie in building more hospitals? Really, what is needed is to give them clean water.
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At home, I dedicate occasional whole days to reading as if I'm a convalescent. The ideal place for this is the bath, where the body floats free. Books go a little wavy, but they're mine, so who cares.
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I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.
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I don't throw my clothes out after one wear. Shocking, I know.
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I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he's wrong, than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil.
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If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
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A bad sermon is like a car wreck - everyone slows down to see what happened.
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You don't always do the same things you've done the night before. That's what makes playing live so interesting as opposed to being in the studio.
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To me, if we're not failing a little bit, we're not trying hard enough. I think great cultures encourage risk and are tolerant of failure. If you don't do that, you're going to end up with a culture that is stagnant and not thinking about the next generation of products and experiences.
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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 wouldn't be surprised by the effects of deregulation.
