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I Knew Quotes by Jane Smiley
- When I went to first grade and the other children said that their fathers were farmers, I simply didn't believe them. I agreed in order…
- Most of my childhood revolved around wondering when we would be blown up by the Russians. I couldn't stand the news, I knew that if…
- Fascination with horses predated every other single thing I knew. Before I was a mother, before I was a writer, before I knew the facts…
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- Hunting, fishing, drawing, and music occupied my every moment. Cares I knew not, and cared naught about them. — John James Audubon
- I planned my success. I knew it was going to happen. — Erykah Badu
- For better or ill, I was very heavily influenced by men I knew who always dressed formally. — Alec Baldwin
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