Jane Smiley Quotes
I discovered that the horse is life itself, a metaphor but also an example of life's mystery and unpredictability, of life's generosity and beauty, a worthy object of repeated and ever changing contemplation.
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After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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To be thrown onto the stand-up stage is an experience that you cannot fathom until you're actually there, because there's no place to go, and everyone is looking at you and you can't even see them because of the lights. And yet you have to manage to start talking and be funny on top of it.
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Escapism makes a lot of intuitive sense - whisk people away from their cares with stories of a better life.
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I've only chosen films that offered me something concrete, even if it is less than what I get to do in the South.
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Identify your niche and dominate it. And when I say dominate, I just mean work harder than anyone else could possibly work at it.
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I train for whatever happens. I'm prepared for wherever the fight goes.
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We are like a woman with a difficult pregnancy. We have to rebuild the social classes in Egypt, and we must change the way things were.
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As you get older, you get different, and I'm a mushier, softer person as I get older.
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Everything is perfect in the universe - even your desire to improve it.
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Early on, even before he was the front-runner, TV news was giving Trump far more attention than other candidates and far more than he deserved.
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I love playing sports. I'm overly eager and aggressive and not very skilled, so it leads to many small injuries.
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I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics.
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Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
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I love having wine with my meals. And if I splurge, I'm going to splurge big, because if I deny my cravings, it just ends up backfiring on me, you know?
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During the Cold War, the U.S. instituted a policy of sending money to governments in poor countries to buy their political loyalty. While studies show that sending aid to foreign governments creates allegiance, it does not lead to economic progress.
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When I was on a major label I felt obliged to say yes to every interview, tour and whatever else. The label is always telling you, 'This ain't going to last,' so I worked myself half to death. I learnt from that and I like to pace myself now.
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I look for something that is highly unusual, involving ordinary people caught in extraordinary situations.
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I introduce her as the love of my life everywhere that we go. She introduces me as her current husband. So you can see how the relationship kinda works here.
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Through your life, most people peel away the junk that's not useful, that's superfluous. You are determined to peel that away. I do one thing at a time. One man at a time. One car. One house. One child. One job.
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Arbitrary benchmarks cheat kids out of a fulfilling education.
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Coming from a family who put a lot of emphasis on academics, I always thought I was going to be a lawyer.
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In my own writing, I tend to be very honest, and my goal is to identify something people think but are afraid to say. That's not the general cultural expectation of women.
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I discovered that the horse is life itself, a metaphor but also an example of life's mystery and unpredictability, of life's generosity and beauty, a worthy object of repeated and ever changing contemplation.
