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In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it.
Jane Smiley
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Jane Smiley
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 1
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Jane Graves Smiley
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There are several methods for introducing your children to driving, and all of them are bad. Probably the worst is to put it off.
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Progressivism is usually seen as a stepping back from individualism into a progressive community...
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everything is toxic. That's the point. You can't avoid toxins. Thinking you can is just another symptom of the toxic overload stage.
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