Jane Smiley Quotes

It once amused me that it took me three tries to pass my driver's test and that my driving instructor told my mother that I was the least talented person behind the wheel that she had ever taught.

Jane Smiley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I'm very ditsy and a klutz. I've been known to walk on stage and fall over my dress.

Jessica Simpson

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I've never read any of the '50 Shades of Grey' books because the Internet pre-educated me about the 'my inner goddess is doing the merengue with some salsa moves' material.

Andrea Seigel

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The television business is actually going through a tremendous transition, but I think at the end of the day, television is still paramount.

Jeff Zucker

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What you can do with visual effects is enhance the look of the character, but the actual integrity of the emotional performance and the way the character's facial expressions work, that is what is going to be created on the day with other actors and the director.

Andy Serkis

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In large companies, the CEO is very distant from operations.

Shiv Nadar

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At the very least, Secretary Clinton should publicly call for the unequivocal release of Saeed Abedini.

Trent Franks

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The truth is an objective standard by which reality is measured; it's God's point of view on any subject.

Tony Evans

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For our teams that do great work, we have a tradition of giving Rolex watches. If you see all the key guys with their Rolexes, that's sort of our Medal of Honor if you do something big.

Ross Perot, Jr.

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At the time I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease, my doctors told me that I had an incurable illness and they didn't know much about it.

Mary Ann Mobley

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I said all along I would not sell my story. I don't think it would be right.

Louise Woodward

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In living life at 90 percent, the formula is life is 10 percent of what happens to you and 90 percent of how you react to it.

Diamond Dallas Page

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I've always had antiheroes in my film.

Doug Liman

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