Jane Smiley Quotes
When 'The Awakening' was published it was considered so scandalous it was banned in the author's home-town library, and she herself was barred from the Fine Arts Club in the same city. What the novel has to offer, among other things, is honesty.
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It seemed like the more complex the music we were playing, the less able we were to guarantee its consistency.
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If we are ever to halt climate change and conserve land, water and other resources, not to mention reduce animal suffering, we must celebrate Earth Day every day - at every meal.
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You can't embarrass Joss Whedon, he's got no pride! He fully admits it. 'Oh, it's me. I'm little and goofy.' You can't wound his pride. He's too self-deprecating.
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Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
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The antagonism between the poet and the politician has generally been evident in all cultures.
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Every time a blast happens, people ask, 'But why would someone do this?' Weirdly, it hasn't been answered well anywhere - neither in fiction nor non-fiction.
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It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.
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In essence, capitalist systems are a mechanism by which economies may generate growth in knowledge - with much uncertainty in the process, owing to the incompleteness of knowledge.
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One of the biggest challenges for the MENA region is unemployment coupled with high population growth rates. The World Bank is committed to supporting infrastructure projects that will help with job creation across the region.
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Keep fighting for animals by making compassionate, cruelty-free choices every day and encouraging those around you to do the same.
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I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema.
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Your goal in an online dating profile and in your first message to somebody is to strike up a conversation.
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Forty percent of my portfolio is in the U.S. In the rest of the world, most of the places I invest in or invested in are Brazil, Russia, Germany with a little bit of Turkey, China, India, France and Israel sprinkled in there.
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I'm a food addict, that's my downfall.
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Carrie-Anne Moss is awesome. I am just going to put that out there.
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I didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.
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Both back when I was acting and now that I'm writing, I've always wanted the same thing out of my career: to be able to get up in the morning and do what I love doing.
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Editing is the only process. The shooting is the pleasant work. The editing makes the movie, so I spend all my life in editing.
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I had a couple CDs. But I never had that first concert experience, that first record thing.
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If a woman gets tough in negotiations, she's difficult, whereas a man would be considered a brilliant businessman.
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San Francisco fucking rules. I am so proud of my home town for legalizing gay marriage, sending gays and lesbians down to the city by the Bay that was built on rock and roll to tie the knot.
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Give the girl an inch and she thinks she's a ruler.
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I don't think there's a city that has done more and sustained a higher level of security and protection than New York City.
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When 'The Awakening' was published it was considered so scandalous it was banned in the author's home-town library, and she herself was barred from the Fine Arts Club in the same city. What the novel has to offer, among other things, is honesty.
