Jane Smiley Quotes

Combined families often get bad reviews, but the family my children got when they traded away 'the suffocating four-person' nuclear one is one that has benefited all of them.

Jane Smiley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FamilyChildrenBadAwayGotGet

On record dates like that I never felt too nervous because everything was really overdubbed. When we did that album, we were in the studio for probably a week, so you had a lot of opportunity to fix things.

John Abercrombie

OpportunityWeekYouNervousNever

I want to see creativity that breaks boundaries and isn't just about money.

Andreja Pejic

MoneyCreativityWantBoundariesSee

What does old look like? Sometimes I am wrinkled, sometimes not.

Maxine Hong Kingston

I AmLookSometimesOldLikeDoes

The constant drip drop of fraudulent activities coming out of Wells Fargo is absolutely outrageous.

Maxine Waters

OutComingActivitiesDripDrop

When you go into the theatre and the lights dim, you want to entertain people from beginning to end. You want them to be swept up in your story, on the edge of their seats, unable to wait to see what happens next, be blown away and afterwards just go, 'Wow!'

John Lasseter

BeginningPeopleWaitTheatreStory

Oh, I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness. You went to the movies then, you saw two movies and a short. When Mickey Mouse came on the screen and there was his big head, my sister said she had to hold onto me. I went berserk.

Maurice Sendak

HappinessChildMeSisterShortYou

There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.

Robert Half

MoreAbilitySomethingRecognize

We've got to stand up at some point and say, 'We are not gonna pay slavery reparations in the United States Congress.' That war's been fought. That was over a century ago. That debt was paid for in blood, and it was paid for in the blood of a lot of Yankees, especially. And there's no reparations for the blood that paid for the sin of slavery.

Steve King

WarSlaveryStand UpStandSinSay

My job is to make sure we keep performing.

Mats Sundin

JobKeepSureMakePerforming

I do believe we're all adaptable, and you're probably more adaptable than you realize.

Julia Leigh

BelieveYouMoreRealizeThan

More than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock. That means absent fathers.

Don Lemon

CommunityChildrenBornMoreOut

Barack Obama is way smarter than Bush - so way, way smarter than me. Obama is way more charismatic than me.

Penn Jillette

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