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Jane Smiley Quotes

Candy is my fuel. Ice cream, too.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: September 26, 1949

Topics

Ice Ice Cream Candy Fuel Cream Too

At university, I said to a girl, 'Before I met you all I could think about was history; now, all I can think about is you'. I thought that was the sort of thing you had to say.

Girl History Think Thought You Said

I love having different cultures around, but when the parent culture kind of dissipates, you're left thinking, 'Well, what's going on?'

Love Culture Thinking Parent You

I'm friends with people that probably would describe themselves as socialists and people that are much more conservative than I am. I can always find a middle ground.

I Am People Friends Find I Can More

Computer technology is so built into our lives that it's part of the surround of every artist.

Technology Artist Computer Surround

When art is defined by Damien Hirst and Jeff Koons, you've got a society that's impoverished.

Art Society You Got Defined Jeff

Music used to change people's minds - and it still changes mine.

Rosanna Arquette

Change Music People Minds Changes

In the 1960s, reaching for the moon meant just that. It was a metaphor for attempting the impossible, and we attempted it, and we did it. And it inspired millions of people in every way. The number of science graduates in this country doubled in the 1960s at every level - high school, college, Ph.D.

Science School People College Moon

Horror and supernatural novels give you a lot of what you look for in a crime novel, just with a twist that was very fresh for me as a reader.

Me You Look Crime Horror Fresh

At my age, you sort of fart your way into a role.

Donald Sutherland

Age You Way Fart Role Your

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.

Chuck Palahniuk

Picture Look Big Picture Everything

I don't know what a conservative is, you know, but I do know what good people are. And that's where I sit with Donald Trump.

Good People Good People You Know

I play piano and drums very poorly and French horn and tuba all equally as bad.

Wynton Marsalis

Bad Play Piano Drums French Horn

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