Jane Smiley Quotes

An urban novelist never minds a little decay.

Jane Smiley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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The Emmy nomination did a world of good for my confidence.

Jerry Van Dyke

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All literary men are Red Sox fans - to be a Yankee fan in a literate society is to endanger your life.

John Cheever

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Autobiography is awfully seductive; it's wonderful. Once I got into it, I realized I was following a tradition established by Frederick Douglass - the slave narrative - speaking in the first-person singular, talking about the first-person plural, always saying 'I,' meaning 'we.'

Maya Angelou

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I think as a kid I always liked to listen to people. I loved hearing stories.

Anna Deavere Smith

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I think people could justify labeling me if they saw a pattern in what I do, but right now that's impossible.

Skeet Ulrich

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I guess I just have really tough skin.

Simone Biles

ToughSkinJustGuessReally

I have been accused of being a traitor, and I have been accused of not supporting the military. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Martin Sheen

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I think this can be a championship team. But we do have to take it one game at a time. You can't look at the end of the road before you get the next foot in.

Michael Strahan

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I grew up in the Midwest and had a lot of exposure to big religion. I went to church every Sunday - my mother even sang in the choir - and most families I knew where practicing Christians.

Michael McMillian

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What fascinates me about addiction and obsessive behavior is that people would choose an altered state of consciousness that's toxic and ostensibly destroys most aspects of your normal life, because for a brief moment you feel okay.

Moby

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We must continue working to build trust between communities and law enforcement. We must continue working to guarantee every person in this country equal justice under the law. And we must take a hard look at the ease with which wrongdoers can get their hands on deadly weapons and the frequency with which they use them.

Loretta Lynch

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I have this problem with violence. I've only done one movie in almost 20 years where I killed people. It's called Perdita Durango. It's a Spanish movie. I'm very proud of the movie, but I felt weird doing that.

Javier Bardem

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