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Doe Quotes by Jane Smiley
- Somehow, knowing that Alzheimer's is coming mocks all one's aspirations - to tell stories, to think through certain issues as only a novel can do,…
- I don't know - is everything the U.S. does a shocking embarrassment?
- You know what getting married is? It's agreeing to taking this person who right now is at the top of his form, full of hopes…
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- . . . a basic law: the more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for.… — Norman Vincent Peale
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- Lao Tsu uses the anology of the tree. The old hard tree breaks and falls when the wind blows. The young tree… — Frederick Lenz
- Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water. — Miguel de Cervantes
- Jesus Christ was willing to admit every good man to the family of God. It is not the man who believes a… — Swami Vivekananda