Jane Smiley Quotes

I was asked by an editor to consider writing something about an American inventor. I asked him if he knew who invented the computer. He said he didn't. In that case, I told him, I should write a book about John Vincent Atanasoff.

Jane Smiley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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When my son was born, I decided I wasn't really into working 12 hours a day. That slowed me down a little bit.

Jim McKelvey

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The culture of the U.S. military is such that human enhancement is accepted as a goal, taking people beyond the norm. There are so many resources going into that kind of research.

Jessa Gamble

CulturePeopleResearchGoalKind

I like computers. I like the Internet. It's a tool that can be used. But don't be misled into thinking that these technologies are anything other than aspects of a degenerate economic system.

Jerry Brown

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I would always be the kid that got in trouble in school, that's for sure, for joking around.

Matthew Perry

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My family is my life, and everything else comes second as far as what's important to me.

Michael Imperioli

LifeFamilyMeMy LifeImportant

They thought that I was a man with reasonable judgment, so I was never under pressure from my parents; I could do whatever I wanted. I never had a negative word from them, nothing whatsoever.

Shimon Peres

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I was possibly shy. I don't know why some people are shy and some aren't. Some people blush very easily.

Roger Moore

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When I perform my role well, I feel proud.

RM

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He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that, in his mistaken passion, he would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain.

Douglas William Jerrold

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I feel pretty comfortable in a lot of different musical styles. I like rhythm, and I like melody and so forth.

Colin Hay

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Tommy Wirkola is Norwegian but has a Finnish surname - he comes from the one of the northernmost countries in the whole of Europe. It was easy working with him. The people in the north are all fairly similar.

Pihla Viitala

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By 2020, cargo loops should be working. By 2022, we should have people transport working.

Shervin Pishevar

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