Jane Smiley Quotes
I had spent years thinking about one thing while I was doing another. I had, in fact, prided myself on being able to do two things at once.
Jane Smiley
Quotes to Explore
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It isn't hard to find injustice around us, but we must not let injustice smear the good deeds that do occur everyday.
Rand Paul
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There is no easy way to get around horrible people on the Internet, and it's either just leave it or don't and get sucked into the whirlwind of it all.
Maisie Williams
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If there's a trait for not sleeping, I probably have it.
Pardis Sabeti
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I'm really nearsighted, which has served me well.
Kat Dennings
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The man who has no money is poor, but one who has nothing but money is poorer. He only is rich who can enjoy without owning; he is poor who though he has millions is covetous.
Orison Swett Marden
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As human beings, we all have reasons for our behavior. There may be people who have certain physiological issues that dictate why they make certain choices. On the whole, though, I think we're dictated by our structure, our past, our environment, our culture. So once you understand the patterns that shape a person, how can you not find sympathy?
Forest Whitaker
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A woman's education consists of two lessons: never leave the house without stocking, never go out without a hat.
Coco Chanel
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In the '60s, my father, Wally Amos, had been a talent agent and a personal manager before taking a major career detour in 1975, when he opened a store selling chocolate chip cookies.
Shawn Amos
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Nature, like a kind and smiling mother, lends herself to our dreams and cherishes our fancies.
Victor Hugo
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I'll see a photograph of a character and try to copy them on to my face. I think I'm really observant, and thinking how a person is put together, seeing them on the street and noticing subtle things about them that make them who they are.
Cindy Sherman
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I went to this tattoo parlor in the East Village and I got an outline of a violin on my lower back. They call them tramp stamps now.
Katherine Moennig
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I had spent years thinking about one thing while I was doing another. I had, in fact, prided myself on being able to do two things at once.
Jane Smiley
